• Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.388-398
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was to develop a post-operative exercise program, apply it to patients undergone lumbar spinal fusion surgery, and evaluate the effectiveness of the program on pain and disability activities of daily living. Methods: Fifty six patients who had lumbar spinal fusion were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into two groups; 28 patients in the intervention group completed post-operative lumbar exercise program including walking for four weeks and 28 patients in the control group only did walking exercises. The degrees of pain on low back and leg were evaluated using visual analog scale (VAS) and the functional outcome was evaluated using the Korean version of Oswestry Disability Index (KODI) before surgery and 5 weeks after surgery. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, t-test with SPSS 18.0 program. Results: Low back and leg pain of the participants in both experimental and control groups were improved after surgery compared to pre-surgery pain. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups. KODI score in the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p=.014). Conclusion: The developed post-operative exercise program in patients with lumbar spinal fusion surgery seems to be a useful intervention to reduce disability in activities of daily living.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.451-456
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• 2020

This study compared the utility of walking aids, and activities of daily life depending on the ability of people with mobility disabilities to use walking aids. Data were extracted from the Korea Welfare Panel Study in 2014. Data of 435,947 individuals were analyzed using chi-square and t-tests. The findings from this study showed that disabled persons who cannot use walking aids independently were more likely to have a severe disability level and a lower level of daily activities than the independent group. The level of social participation and leisure activities were also significantly lower in the dependent than the independent group. Therefore, walking aids should be tailored for individuals depending on their level of independence for using walking aids.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.56-62
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• 2015

In this study, we implemented an unconstraint ECG monitoring system on a chair. Nowadays, modern people spend most of their time sitting on the chair. Therefore, it is necessary to have an unconstraint ECG monitoring system that can be used for a long time. The implemented system can perform measurement even with clothes on and it has great advantage on motion artifacts. A pair of unconstraint electrodes are placed on the back of the chair. Amplifier and filters are designed to remove motion artifacts, The baseline noise and power line noise are filtered and very low level of bio-signal is amplified to give a final measurement. Control unit and wireless transmission unit are implemented. Analog signal is converted into digital signal and transmits biological signal to the PC and the smart phone. Therefore continuous ECG monitoring in daily life is made possible. A comparison experiment between Ag / AgCl electrode and unconstraint electrode is conducted to evaluate the performance of the implemented system. As a result, we confirm our unconstraint system can be used for daily life ECG monitoring.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.45-51
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• 2022

This study aims to provide basic data on socioeconomic and social activities from the point of view that disability or disease accompanying the suffering of industrial accident subjects is directly related to individual socioeconomic activity and is a major variable affecting current health and daily life satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between pain and life satisfaction and to suggest basic data for economic and psychological rehabilitation of industrial accident insurance beneficiaries by linking factors affecting life satisfaction with industrial accident services. As a result of the study, it was found that workers' compensation insurance benefit recipients had an effect on their daily life satisfaction after becoming an industrial accident patient due to industrial accident pain. There was a positive(+) relationship between rehabilitation services and medical counseling services. Occupational accident pain lowers self-esteem, which is a characteristic of an individual, and even if current health improves, satisfaction with daily life decreases. The importance of industrial accident-related services can be seen in that the satisfaction of daily life is increased through rehabilitation services and medical consultation services. In addition, it was indirectly confirmed that satisfaction with rehabilitation services and health can be improved as a result of continuing attempts to improve self-esteem suitable for patients in various problems and situations after an industrial accident.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.235-242
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• 2007

로봇의 활동 영역이 산업 현장에서 인간의 일상 생활 공간으로 확장됨에 따라서, 로봇은 사용자가 사용하는 성능 좋은 도구 개념에서 벗어나 일상 생활을 공유하며 살아가는 파트너로 생각되기 시작했다. 이에 따라서 미리 정해진 명령과 조작 방법을 통한 단순한 상호작용만이 일어나던 과거와 달리, 사용자는 마치 사람을 대하듯 자연스럽게 로봇과 상호작용하기를 기대하게 되었다. 사람들은 본래 context를 활용하여 모호한 표현을 하더라도 상호작용이 가능하기 때문에, 사용자의 발화가 자유롭게 이루어지면 로봇이 처한 상황적 모호성은 가중될 수 밖에 없다. 이러한 문제에 직면하여, 스크립트 기반의 인간-로봇 상호작용을 통한 문제 해결 노력이 그 돌파구가 될 것으로 기대된다. 본 논문은 이러한 노력의 일환으로, 태스크 수행중인 로봇에 자유롭게 사용자가 개입하는 상황을 처리하는 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 사용자가 개입하는 상황을 어떻게 이해할 것이며, 로봇은 어떤 전략으로 이에 대처해야 하는지 분석한 뒤, 사용자 개입에 대한 구체적인 처리 프로세스를 제시한다. 그리고 제시된 프로세스를 구현해 봄으로써 그 효용성을 검증한다.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.177-196
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to provide basic understanding of healthy habits of young children by analyzing existing life patterns that affect the their physical health. 416 parents of young children from kindergartens and daycare centers have responded to a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation frequency, was used by SPSS 16.0 program. The conclusion was that the young children present daily life habits, including sleeping, eating, defecating and playing habits were not positive and that the children mostly led an indoor lifestyle. From these results, observations were made that the physical activity for young children is imperative to develop the physical and mental health of the 21st century young children.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.01a
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• pp.21-22
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 낙상과 비낙상 구별을 위한 분류 모델을 제안한다. 일상생활과 낙상을 구분해 내는 것은 낙상이 발생하기 이전에 감지하고 사고를 예방할 수 있다. 낙상은 일상생활 중 일어나기 쉬우며, 노인들에게는 골절 및 기관 파열 등과 같은 심각한 부상을 초래할 수 있기 때문에 낙상 방지를 위한 낙상과 비낙상 행동의 구분은 중요한 문제이다. 따라서 실시간으로 수집되는 다양한 활동에서의 센서 데이터를 활용하여 낙상과 비낙상의 행동을 구분하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.230-231
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• 2019

As we move into the aging society, social efforts to improve the IADL of the elderly are getting bigger. In this study, elderly people were taught using tablet PC - based contents in order to make ATM more convenient. The ATM contents used are the educational contents for the tablet PC developed in the same way as the ATM interface used in the actual bank. After the elderly used the content, they evaluated the usability of the content.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.01a
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• pp.57-58
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• 2022

메타버스는 가상, 초월을 의미하는 '메타'(meta)와 세계, 우주를 의미하는 '유니버스'(universe)를 합성한 신조어이다. 메타버스는 기본적으로 가상의 세계이다. 그러나 향후 현실과 메타버스가 공존한 세상에서 태어나 성장할 아이들에겐 메타버스 자체가 현실의 일부이고 메타버스를 통한 소통과 사회활동이 일상이 될 것이다. 메타버스 안에서 학습, 놀이, 휴식, 경제활동 등 일상의 모든 현실과 연속성을 띠고 소통하면서 가상세계의 나와 현실의 내가 직접적인 영향을 주는 세상이 될 것이다. 이 기술들을 인간 생활에서 가장 중요한 부분일 수 있는 커뮤니케이션 활성화에 활용하기 위해서는 기술과 인간에 대한 많은 고민과 연구가 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.105-112
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• 2017

This study recognizes it as a social problem that can be prevented by basic research on safety security design for the elderly, and aims to clearly analyze risk factors for injury. For this study, raw data from the 6th Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey were employed and analyzed. Their social characteristics were classified with standards including gender, education, EuroQoL(human locomotion, normal activity and pain uncomfortableness), the quality of life(PHQ-(1)(2)(4)), recognition on stress, activity restriction status and associated causes(bone fracture and joint injury). Their epidemiological traits were chronic diseases, 'diabetes and hip-joint pain', and health-behavioral traits were 'smoking, breakfast frequency and high-level physical activity status.' In conclusion, it can be found that damage risk of elderly rose in case of female, lower education, inconvenience or limitation, pain or discomfort in locomotion and daily activities, higher recognition of stress, lower interest in work, feeling of depression, despair, and weariness, restriction in activity caused by bone fracture and joint injury, having diabetes and hip-joint pain, smoking, low frequency in having breakfast and high-level physical activities. Based on this study, we envision that an effective solution for injury risk factors caused by the organic relation can be reached in the near future.