• 대한치료과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2018

Objective: The aimes of this study is to analyze the effects of presbycusis on the quality of life. Method: 47-elderly were participated. The participants were divided into the suspected hearing impaired group (N=18) and the within normal limits (WNL) group (N=29). One-way ANOVA was performed to determine the association between the HHIE and WHOQOL-BREF scores by age group, and independent t-test was carried out to analyze the inter-group relations. Results: The scores in WHOQOL-BREF differed significantly by age group (p=.011): people in their sixties scored $3.7{\pm}.62$, those in their seventies $3.3{\pm}.56$, and those in their eighties $2.8{\pm}.60$, with significant differences observed. There were statistically significant inter-group differences (p=.000), with significant differences observed. Conclusion: The quality of life of the elderly were lowered depending on age and hearing impairment.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.95-101
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• 1990

The numbers of older patients increase year by year as the effect of care in illness prolongs the average life span, and it will be quite common to find octogenarians and nonogenarians. The philosophy and technics used in the rehabilitation of older patients are essentially the same as those in general rehabilitation, modified to comply with the physiology of the aging patient. Rehabilitation of the elderly is essentially a matter of teamwork and an attitude of mind. Mo one of us can accomplish a cure by ourselves and there must be confidence and continuing consultation between all members of the team.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.212-224
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the cardiac rehabilitation program(Phase III) on cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory function in the elderly (age, ${\geq}$ 60) who experienced acute myocardial infarction. Methods: The design of research was nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Subjects were 10 people in the experimental group and 10 in the control group. The intervention program was the cardiac rehabilitation program(Phase III), and was performed for 50 ~ 60 minutes, twice a week for 8 weeks. The dependent variables were the cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory function. Results: Significant differences were shown in RHR, RSBP, SRPP, SBS, BMI, PT of the experimental group after the intervention. As for the differences in the amount of changes, there were differences among groups in RHR, RSBP, SRPP, SBS, PMET, and PT of the experimental group. Conclusion: The cardiac rehabilitation program(Phase III) may be effective in improving cardiovascular function and enhancing cardiorespiratory function in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.645-646
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• 2006

Pressure-induced decubitus is a serious disease among the elderly people. Interface pressure occluding vascular perfusion is known to be a cause of decubitus. Therefore, it is essential to quantify the relationship between vascular perfusion and interface pressure among the elderly people. Nine elderly normal people ($57.8{\pm}5.6\;years,\;63.3{\pm}7.0kg,\;1.68{\pm}0.05m$) were participated. Pressure was applied on the ischial tuberosity in the sitting posture from 0mmHg to 135mmHg as capillary vascular perfusion was recorded. The average interface pressure to occlude vascular perfusion under the ischial tuberosity is 120mmHg. Vascular perfusion values at the capillary occlusion is often lower than 60% of the vascular perfusion at 15mmHg. Higher sampling number is required to have more accurate results.

• Clinical Pain
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2019

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of dynamic balance exercise after intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) therapy in elderly patients with unilateral knee osteoarthritis. Method: 30 patients with unilateral knee osteoarthritis were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: dynamic balance exercise after HA injection group (group A) and only HA injection group (group B). Both groups administered intra-articular HA injection and group A patients continued 20-session exercises for 4 weeks. The assessments were measured before injection and 4 weeks after treatment using the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, the Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) for physical function, Berg balance scale (BBS), and computerized dynamic posturography using SMART Balance Master system for balance function. Results: In both groups, significant improvements in VAS, WOMAC and balance function were observed. Compared between groups, group A showed significant improvements compared to group B in WOMAC and balance function. Conclusion: It is suggested that dynamic balance exercise may result in improved balance function and physical function in elderly patients with unilateral knee osteoarthritis.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.145-155
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• 2002

Purpose: This study tries to analyze the differences of memory performance and the metamemory of the elderly women according to degree of depression. And also it attempts to find the correlations among the sub-concepts of metamemory which have close relationships to the memory performance followed by the depression. Methods: The subjects of this study are 60 the elderly women who are older than sixty years in Busan city, Korea. We use the MIA(Dixon, et al., 1988) to measure metamemory and measure the memory performances such as the immeadiate word recall, the delayed word recall, the word recognition task, and face recognition. Results: 1. The average point of deprssed elderly womens' metamemory was significantly lower than non-depressed womens' point(t=10.86 p<.0017). Looking into subconcept of metamemory, depressed elderly womens' strategy, capacity, change, achievement point were significantly lower than non-depressed women. 2. In terms of immediate word recall and delayed word recall performances, depressed elderly women are significantly lower than non-depressed elderly women. 3. The degree of depressed elderly womens' metamemory(strategy, achievement, change, capacity) has significant correlations with immediate word recall performances. Conclusion: Metamemory has close relationship with the memory performance of elderly women. And also depressed elderly's sub-concepts of metamemory which have influences on their memory performance are different from non-depressed elderly's sub-concepts. Therefore, when we try to develop some programs to prevent memory decrease of elderly women, we should take these point into consideration.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.140-148
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• 2004

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationships of self-esteem, health status and self-care, and compare them between the rural and urban elderly. Method: The subjects were 126 persons with age over 65: rural(69 persons) and urban(57 persons). The data was collected from 1st Sep to 10th Oct, 2004 by questionnaires, and was analyzed with t-test, ANOVA, Least Significant Difference and Pearson's correlation coefficient in the SPSS-Win 10.0. Results: The level of self-esteem, health status and self-care of the elderly in rural were lower than those of the elderly in urban. The higher group self-esteem in the rural elderly shows more health status and self-care than the lower group. Significant differences between two groups in the urban elderly were not found. Self-esteem, health status and self-care were positively correlated each other in the rural elderly. Significant correlations were found between self-esteem and health status, and between self-esteem and self-care in the rural elderly. Conclusion: Self-esteem forms the foundation of psychosocial health and provides a measure for the quality of life of the elderly in long term care. As nursing is in a unique position to promote self-esteem, the nurse can plan and provide nursing intervention with the consideration of characteristics of the rural and urban elderly to promote the self-esteem, health status and self-care of the elderly.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.94-102
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the integrated cognitive rehabilitation program in elderly patients with mild dementia. Methods: A total of 20 elderly patients with mild dementia participated in the integrated cognitive rehabilitation program. The program was conducted three times per week for a total of 4 periods (10 wks per period) from February 6, 2018 to December 13, 2018. Each session lasted for 1 hour, and the cognitive function and depression of the subjects were measured before and after they participated in the program. Results: After the program, there was a significant increase and decreases in participants' cognitive function and depression respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in cognitive function score over time and period, except for the 2nd period. The difference in the degree of depression over time and period was statistically significant. Conclusion: The results suggest that an integrated cognitive rehabilitation program could help improve cognitive function and the degree of depression in elderly patients with mild dementia.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.464-471
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• 2016

본 연구는 심근경색 환자에서 젊은 환자군과 60세 이상의 노인 환자군에서 심장 재활이 심폐운동 기능에 미치는 효과를 비교하고자 하였다. 2012년에서 2015년까지 심장 재활을 실시하였던 환자 중 외래 경과 관찰중인 환자의 기록을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 총 46명 (60세 이상의 노인 18명, 28명의 60세 미만의 젊은 환자군)이 연구에 포함되었다. 대상자들은 초기 운동부하 검사 결과를 바탕으로 심장재활 치료실에서 심전도 감시 하에 유산소 운동요법을 시행하였다. 심폐기능은 심장재활 실시 전, 후로 운동부하 검사에 의해 평가되었다. 심장재활을 실시하기 전 시행한 운동 부하 검사에서 최대 산소소모량, 최대 운동시의 신진대사 해당치, 무산소 역치 지표 등이 60세 이상의 노인에서 의미 있는 운동 기능 저하가 관찰되었다(p<0.05). 심장재활 전과 후의 운동 능력을 비교하였을 때, 두 군에서 최대 운동 가능시간, 최대하 심근부담률, 최대 심박수, 안정시 심박수, 최대 산소 소모량, 최대 산소소모량 측정시의 최대 환기량, 최대 운동시의 신진대사 해당치, 무산소 역치 지표에서 통계학적으로 유의한 변화가 관찰되어(p<0.05), 심장재활 후 두 군 모두에서 운동기능의 개선의 효과가 있었다. 60세 이상 군과 60세 미만 군 두 군 사이에서 심장재활 전과 후의 운동능력 지표 변화율의 상대적인 비교 시에 최대 운동 가능시간, 최대 산소 소모량, 최대 운동시 신진대사 해당치, 무산소 역치 지표 등의 모든 운동 부하 검사 결과는 유사한 호전을 보였다. 한국에서 노인 환자의 심장재활 참여율과 전과율은 낮은 상태이다. 60세 이상의 노인 환자에서의 심장재활의 참여를 확대하는 것이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.26-35
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of improvement in the balance control ability of the elderly affected by Hansen's disease. We tried to compare the effects for the elderly affected by Hansen's disease with and without foot deformity. The subjects consisted of 19 patients 65 years old and older. They participated in a balance training program twice per week for 8 weeks. The following results were obtained from the training program: 1. There were significant improvements in static balance ability in one leg standing (OLS), dynamic balance ability in tandem walk (TW) and four square step (FSS) (p<.05). 2. There was a significant difference between patients with and without single-foot deformity in TW before the program (p<.05). After training, however, the difference became less significant. Also, there was not much difference between recipients with and without single-foot deformity in terms of OLS and FSS. The results of this study suggest that we need to provide training programs and rehabilitation services for the elderly affected by Hansen's disease suffering from nerve injury and disability. Furthermore, further research efforts should be made concerning rehabilitation to overcome various forms of disability.