• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.433-444
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• 2007

Today the number of the disabled people with a spinal cord injury is increasing by the acquired factor. The purpose of the study is to furnish basic data for the study of satisfactory clothing construction data by considering the physical variation by the time passed the since the injury. Also the study includes the actual measuring of the disabled men with spinal cord injuries which is compared with the data of the 5th national anthropometric survey of Korea and makes it possible to grasp the distinguished physical feature of the disabled men with the spinal cord injury. As a result, first, the measured data are smaller than those of the 5th national anthropometric survey of Korea in the items of height and length of the upper half of the body related to stature. Second, the measured data are bigger than those of the 5th national anthropometric survey of Korea in the items of breadth, depth and circumference of the upper half of the body related to the exercise. Third, there are differences in the items of depth of the lower half of the body, breadth and circumference in the analysis of the time passed since the injury.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.80-97
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to identify and describe a process of sexual adjustment of individuals with spinal cord injury: and to describe and explore positive and negative influences on the adjustment process. This qualitative study was conducted with 10 Korean individuals with spinal cord injury who had been physically disabled for more than one year. Data were collected and analysed at a same time using grounded theory method. Major categories of this study showed a process how the individuals with spinal cord injury adjust to their individual life as sexual beings. The process included and individual responses to the behavioral efforts including and . Initially physical aspects of sexuality seemed to be affected by spinal cord injuries. The changed physical aspects then influenced other aspects of their sexual life. Life satisfaction of each individual as a sexual being revealed as very subjective. It could be defined according to how the individual approved their sexual life no matter what and how much behavioral effort the person had done. In this study 3 types of sexual adjustment aspects were explored: 'Active adjustment' 'Passive adjustment' 'Maladjustment'. There were negative and positive factors influencing the adjustment process of individuals with spinal cord injury. Those factors might come from themselves, from families, or from social situations. Findings of this study suggested that sexual life of individuals with spinal cord injury should not be understood as a physical or behavioral matter. It was a combination of physical, psychological and social aspects of life. Therefore, appropriate rehabilitation programs for the sexual adjustment of individuals with spinal cord injury need to concern heterogeneous life values of them and obtain individualized services for each individual at a different stage of the sexual adjustment process.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2013

본 연구는 휠체어 사이클 경사로 주행 시 척수 손상으로 인한 하지마비 장애인의 상체의 근전도 특성을 평가하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 척수손상 장애인 3명을 대상으로 $0^{\circ}$, $3^{\circ}$, $6^{\circ}$의 경사로에서 휠체어 사이클 주행을 하도록 하였으며, 이때 이두근, 삼두근, 전 삼각근, 상승모근, 광배근, 복직근의 근 활성 최대값과 수축 시간, 수축 개시 종료 시기를 측정 및 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과 휠체어 사이클의 경사로 주행 시 수축 시간과 근 수축 종료시간이 경사도가 증가함에 따라 유의하게 길어지고 지연됐으며, 광배근의 최대 근 활성도는 평지 주행보다 유의하게 증가하였다 (p<0.05). 이와 같은 결과는 휠체어 사이클의 경사로 주행 시 광배근의 과도한 사용을 의미한다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.327-340
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• 2021

본 연구는 남성 척수손상 장애인의 성적 자신감 증진을 위한 성교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과 평가를 위해 시도된 비동등성 대조군 전후설계의 유사실험 연구이다. 성교육 프로그램은 Dick & Carey의 체제적 교수설계 모형을 활용하여 문헌고찰, 초점집단 심층면접, 전문가 간담회, 사전연구를 통해 개발되었다. 본 연구 참여자는 실험군30명, 대조군 30명으로 편의할당 되었고, 실험군에게 주 1회 90~120분간의 1차시씩 총 3차시로 구성된 성교육 프로그램을 제공하였다. 실험군과 대조군에게 사전, 사후, 추가 4주 후에 성지식, 성태도, 결혼의지를 측정하였고, 사후 성지식(p<.001), 성태도(p=.020) 점수에 유의한 차이가 있었다. 본 연구에서 개발된 프로그램은 남성 척수손상 장애인의 성지식과 성태도를 긍정적으로 변화시켰으며, 간호중재 프로그램으로 유용하였을 뿐 아니라 본 연구는 장애인에 대한 사회적 인식환기 및 보건교육의 기초자료로서 의의가 있다고 사료된다.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2009

Purpose: This study is aimed at life adaptation process of women with the spinal cord injury. Method: The subjects were 6 women in Kyeonggi and they had interview individually. The study was conducted during June to November in 2009 and developed substantial theory in women's life adaptation process by applying ground research methodology. Result: Motivation for such a change was their psychological pain, which is the central phenomenon. Social activities sustained them during such a process, while social support and experience of achievement acted as an intervention condition. During the initial period, they had a vague expectation that the condition of their accidental spinal cord injury would be improved. Then the expectation had failed, they experienced psychological pain, finding out the reality about the disabled and social difficulties awaiting them. Since then they began to love themselves, pursuing a changed life of hope, achievement and serving. Conclusion: Its result is expected to serve as a basic data for rehabilitation nursing, so that they may conduct independent lives, with a love toward themselves. Repetitive research would be necessary concerning the adaptation process of women in order for the criteria presented to become richer, and for the relations among the criteria to become more refined.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.6-8
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• 2004

The objective of this paper is to develop a powered wheelchair controller based on EMG for users with high-level spinal cord injury using a proportional control scheme. An advantage of EMG is relative convenience of acquisition by a surface electrode to users. Direction information can be easily extracted from two EMG channels and force information can be acquired by proportional relationship between the amplitude of EMG and user's power, respectively. Pattern classification algorithm is a threshold method with a supervised learning process. Furthermore, the emergency situation can be avoided using an interrupt function. We evaluated the performance of powered wheelchair controller by navigating a pre-defined path with three non-handicapped people. The results show the feasibility of EMG as an input interface for powered wheelchair and other devices for the seriously disabled.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2014

Objective: This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the ability to maintain dynamic sitting balance (DSB), biomechanical characteristics, and physical characteristics in spinal cord injuries (SCI) patients. Background: Virtual ski training systems, ski equipment, and training protocols for disabled skiers are being studied to spread awareness. However, few studies have been reported on the sitting balance ability associated with chair mono skiing. Method: A dynamic sitting balance border system was built to investigate the ability to maintain dynamic sitting balance in SCI patients. Trunk muscle activity was evaluated by electromyogram while conducting dynamic sitting balance tests. The trunk muscle strength was tested with a portable handheld dynamometer. Physical activity scores were measured with the physical activity recall assessment. Results: There were high levels of correlation between the ability to maintain DSB and trunk flexor strength, extensor strength, rotator strength, and physical activity score. However, height, weight, and injury level in SCI patients were not correlated with the ability to maintain DSB. Additionally, strong negative correlations were found between muscle activities of the external oblique and lumbar erector spinae muscles and the ability to perform the backward tilt test. Trunk extensor muscle activity during the ball lifting test was significantly higher than in other tests. Conclusion: The results indicate that improving trunk muscle strength and physical activity can increase the ability to maintain DSB. Application: The findings of a close relationship between trunk strength, physical activity, and the ability to maintain DSB need to be reflected in the chair mono ski training program.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.16-32
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• 2024

Background: Exercise equipments and assistive devices for the disabled are being developed, but improvements for usability are still needed. The purpose of this study was to improve and utilize the developed exercise equipment and assistance devices by conducting usability test for people with spinal cord injury. Design: Cross-sectional Study. Methods: Scenarios and usability indicators were derived by conducting a preliminary usability test, 5 non-disabled men and women aged 19 or older. In the scenario, a total of 9 tasks were sequentially performed, including 2 tasks of entry and exit, 5 tasks of assistance devices and weight stack adjustment, and 2 tasks of pre exercise and exercise. The usability indicators were task success (success or fail), execution time (sec), safety, and convenience. For safety, 7 questions (Likert scale, 1~5 point) related to safety, stability and hazard were derived, and for convenience, the system usability scale (SUS score) was used (range: 0~100, 50 percentile rank is 68 point). Results: As a result of the usability test of people with spinal cord injury, there was a large variation among subjects in the task of adjusting the position of the pulley and support in the execution time (11.64~25.44 seconds), and one person failed to adjust the pulley. The safety level showed a lower score (score = 3 points) than other items in the item of entrapment or skin pressure, and in the case of SUS, the average score was 64.5 points, which was close to the acceptable level. Conclusion: Through the usability test, it was confirmed that exercise equipment for the disabled needs improvement in operability, pinching, and pressure, and that it is necessary to develop an assistive device that provides unrestrained posture information (biofeedback) to maintain correct posture during exercise.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2013

목적 : 본 연구는 현재 보조공학 기기와 서비스를 이용하고 있는 지체장애인을 대상으로 보조공학에 대한 이용 실태와 만족도를 조사한 것이다. 연구방법 : 본 연구는 2012년 5월 8일부터 5월 18일까지 부산 및 창원지역의 병원에 입원한 환자들 중 척수손상과 뇌졸중 환자 110명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 결과 : 보조공학 기기는 척수손상(76.2%)과 뇌졸중(72.5%) 환자 모두 휠체어 및 이동기기를 가장 많이 사용하고 있었다. 이에 대한 만족도는 척수손상(3.32점)과 뇌졸중(3.48점) 모두 효과성에서는 높게 나타났지만, 다른 항목에서는 두 그룹에서 차이를 보였다. 보조공학 서비스는 척수손상 환자에서는 34명(39.4%)으로 보조기구 수리서비스를, 뇌졸중 환자에서는 8명(28.2%)으로 보조기구 적용 및 훈련을 가장 많이 이용하였다. 이에 대한 만족도는 전문가서비스의 질이 높게 나타났고, 서비스 전달 프로그램이 낮았다. 결론 : 본 연구는 지체장애인의 보조공학에 대한 이용 실태와 만족도를 조사하여 향후 보다 나은 보조공학 서비스를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2018

Objective: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of a muscle activity by applying the complex exercise method of sling in accordance with the provision of various vibration intensities for paraplegia-spinal cord injury. Method: The subjects of the study were 15 men in their 40s and 50s with lower limb disabilities and low potential risk, who were randomly divided into a sling exercise group (SG n=4), a sling with low frequency vibration group (SLVG n=4), a sling with mid-frequency vibration group (SMVG n=4), and a sling with high frequency group (SHVG n=4) in accordance with the provision of slings and vibration stimuli. The vibratory intensity provided was divided into low frequency (30 Hz), mid-frequency (50 Hz), and high frequency (70 Hz). The anterior deltoid (AD), the posterior deltoid (PD), the pectoralis major (PM), the upper trapezius (UT), the latissimus dorsi (LD), and the multifidus (MF) were measured to compare and analyze muscle activity. Results: The closed kinetic chain (CKC) exercise to the shoulder joint showed higher muscle activity in most muscles for the SMVG, and statistically significant differences in the anterior deltoid (AD), the pectoralis major (PM), and the multifidus (MF) in particular. Conclusion: The intermediate frequency (50 Hz) string vibration was the effective vibration stimuli for Closed kinetic chain (CKC) exercises.