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The Physically Handicapped Person's Convergence Plan of e-Sports and Rehabilitation Activities, using AI-Based Metaverse. (AI기반 메타버스를 활용한 지체장애인의 e스포츠와 재활운동 융합방안)

  • Myung-Mi Kim;Ki-Young Jang
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.715-722
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to revitalize rehabilitation treatment for people with physical disabilities by presenting a convergence plan between e-sports and rehabilitation exercises using AI-based metaverse. Metaverse-based e-sportscan be useful in providing sports experiences to people with physical disabilities who are unable to participate in society, and this also allows individuals with disabilities to experience sports that are difficult to actually experience. The use of metaverse will enable effective rehabilitation exercise links in vulnerable communities such as hospitals and farming and fishing villages, and provide integrated services of medical and rehabilitation movements that allow exercise data to be managed in an integrated manner. To this end, interdisciplinary experts should participate in the convergence development of e-sports and rehabilitation exercise.

Effects of Exercise on Axonal Regeneration and Growth-associated Protein (GAP­43) Expression Following Sciatic Nerve Injury in Rats (좌골신경 손상 후 운동이 쥐의 축색 재생과 성장관련 단백질(GAP-43) 발현에 미치는 영향)

  • Seo Tae-Beom;Yoon Sung-Jin;Kim Kyung-Tae;Yoon Jae-Suk;Yoon Jin-Hwan;Park Sung-Tae;Han In-Sun;Namgung Uk
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.15 no.3 s.70
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    • pp.486-491
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    • 2005
  • Physical activity can improve sensorimotor recovery after peripheral nerve injury. Growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) is highly correlated with neuronal development and axonal regeneration and present in large quantities in the axonal growth cone. Using immunofluorescene staining and anterograde and retorgrade techniques, we identified enhanced axonal regrowth in distal stump of the sciatic nerve 3-14 days after crush injury in rats with treadmill training. We also carried out western blot to investigate GAP-43 protein expression in injured sciatic nerve. GAP-43 protein levels were highly induced in the injured sciatic nerve 3, 7 and 14 days compared with sedentary group. Thus, the present data provide a new evidence that treadmill training promoted axonal re-growth after injury and increased GAP-43 protein levels in the regenerating nerve.