Rehabilitation
Why Rehabilitation in Korea
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Neurological, Spinal Cord and Robot Rehabilitation Therapy : Cause,Diagnosis Cause Diagnosis Neurolog ical Stroke, brain damage, brain tumor, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, etc. - Neurological impairment, disability, and handicap
- Radiological tests : X-ray, computed tomography(CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Neurophysiological tests : nerve conduction study (NCS), needle electronomyography (EMG), somatosensory evoked potential (SEP), and maximal expiratory pressure (MEP)
- tests : International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury(ISNCSCI) evaluation
Spinal Cord Traumas such as traffic accidents, crashes, and sport injuries. Nontraumatic injuries such as myelitis, tumors, vascular malformation, spinal stenosis, etc. Robot Stroke, traumatic brain damage, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, pediatric cerebral palsy (CP), etc.
Rehabilitation Using a Walking Robot
- In Korea, the domestically developed Walkbot by P&S Mechanics and Morning Walk by Curexo are widely used by patients suffering from spinal cord injuries in a number of medical institutions, with the effect of the treatment reported.
- Lower-limb Rehabilitation Robot used in Rehabilitation Therapy
- Walkbot®
- Morning Walk®
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- Walkbot2015.cafe24.com
- www.curexo.com
Wearable Walking Robot
- Korean researchers are actively developing a wearable walking robot and a WalkON suit, which were jointly developed by the Sogang University robotic system control laboratory and Yonsei University College of Medicine biomechanics and robotic rehabilitation therapy laboratory. Worn by a paraplegic patient with a spinal cord injury, the suit was placed in the third in the 2016 Cybathlon, a world robot competition for the disabled.
- Rehabilitation Therapy using the Wearable Walking Robot(WalkON Suit and ANGELEGS)
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- Angel Robotics, angel-robotics.com
Upper Limb Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Therapy
- Korea has been actively participating in the development of the upper limb rehabilitation therapy robot, as well as the research done with the conventional robot of this kind. It is also involved in the development of a new rehabilitation therapy robot that resolves issues the conventional robot has, and the effects have been reported.
- Rehabilitation Therapy using the Wearable Walking Robot(WalkON Suit and ANGELEGS)
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- Report on effects of the upper limb robot- assisted
rehabilitation therapydeveloped abroad (Shin JH et al, Arch
Phys Med Rehabil 2017)
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- Report on effects of upper limb robot-assisted rehabilitation
therapy developed in Korea (Kim GW et al., J Rehabil Med
2018)
Advanced Treatment
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- Subject : Patients who have received procedures or sur- geries for coronary artery disease, heart failure, or cardiac and peripheral artery diseases
- Effect : Exercise capacity recovery, psychological stability, cardiovascular risk factor management, heart disease relapse prevention and reduced need for an additional surgery
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
- The cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) test is performed to accurately assess the patients’ cardio- pulmonary function and exercise capacity. It consists of a stress electrocardiography test and a respiratory gas analysis test.
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
- For a professional monitoring system, Electrocardiogram (ECG) is monitored, and blood pressure and subjective exertional scale are also measured.
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- Subject : Chronic obstructive lung disease (chronic bronchitis or emphysema) Respiratory muscle weakness (neuromuscular disease and patients with spinal cord injury) → Patients with chronic respiratory failure
- Effect : Airway secretions are removed, complications are prevented, and patients’ daily living abilities are improved
Cough Assist Device
- It is a device that induces coughing in place of the inspiratory and expiratory muscles. A strong aerobic force similar to cough is generated through application of positive pressure to the lungs followed by a momentary negative pressure.
How to Use the Cough Assist Device
- If the neck muscles can function well enough to pronounce words and ingest food, the noninvasive ventilation aid can be provided, without invasive methods (such as tracheostomy tube or endotracheal tube). Patients prefer this method for its convenience, speech, ingestion, sleep, and comfort.
- Cough Assist Device
- Non-invasive Method
- Source
- Seong Woong Kang, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Continuing Education Column Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2016;59(9):705-712.
