• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.420-430
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study was to review the literature to determine whether intensive pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy and after delivery could prevent urinary and fecal incontinence. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) of low-risk obstetric populations who had done Kegel exercise during pregnancy and after delivery met the inclusion criteria. Articles published between 1966 and 2012 from periodicals indexed in Ovid Medline, Embase, Scopus, KoreaMed, NDSL and other databases were selected, using the following keywords: 'Kegel, pelvic floor exercise'. The Cochrane's Risk of Bias was applied to assess the internal validity of the RCT. Fourteen selected studies were analyzed by meta-analysis using RevMan 5.1. Results: Fourteen RCTs with high methodological quality, involving 6,454 women were included. They indicated that Kegel exercise significantly reduced the development of urinary and fecal incontinence from pregnancy to postpartum. Also, there was low clinical heterogeneity. Conclusion: There is some evidence that for antenatal and postnatal women, Kegel exercise can prevent urinary and fecal incontinence. Therefore, a priority task is to develop standardized Kegel exercise programs for Korean pregnant and postpartum women and make efficient use of these programs.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2018

옷 입은 상태에서도 협소한 회음부 공간에 제품을 위치시켜 외부로 들어나지 않고, 부담 없이 저주파자극치료를 할 수 있도록 저주파모듈의 컴팩트한 배변배뇨장애 치료용 스마트 헬스케어 시스템을 개발한다. 이 시스템은 사용자 골반저근의 수축력을 감지하여 스마트폰 엔터테인먼트 앱과 연동되도록 함으로써, 사용자가 거부감 없이 능동적 운동치료를 병행할 수 있는 배변배뇨장애 치료를 위한 스마트 헬스케어장치이다. 바이오피드백을 통한 운동 과정은 모니터링 할 수 있고, 측정된 데이터를 메모리에 저장함으로써 근육강화 훈련의 향상을 비교평가할 수 있다. 마지막으로 시제품의 전자파 방사 및 성능에 관한 시험을 통해 안전성을 확보한다.