한국형 경기용 휠체어 개발을 위한 지체장애선수의 인체측정 및 경기용 휠체어 부위별 측정

Abstract

This study is the basic study for developing the Korean style sports wheelchair. The purpose of this study was to compare it with the anthropomeric data of disabled by grasping a special quality of the Korean athletes' shape and a sports wheelchair. The subjects were selected 114 male athletes with physical disabilities using a sports wheelchair belonging to the federation in KOSAD. They were 29 in twenties, 47 in thirties, 29 in forties, and 9 in fifties. Martin's anthropometer was used to collect data for basic anthropometic item and measure item of each part of the sports wheelchair. The data were treated by descriptive statistics and frequency analysis in using SPSS 16.0 and EXCEL 2007. The results were as follows. In the body measure comparison between athletes using a sports wheelchair sitting height, chest width, upper arm length, lower arm length, the girth of his chest, the pelvis width, and weight of the athletes using a sports wheelchair was larger the average anthropometric value was large in fifties. The frequency of sports grade of the athletes using a sports wheelchair was 19.3% in 1 to 1.5 grade, 26% in 2 to 2.5 grade, 12.3% in 3 to 3.5 grade, and 32.4% in over 4 grade and unified grade. In comparison about the part size of a sports wheelchair and the anthropometric data of athletes, the seat width, the seat depth, the seat height, and the back of the chair had a great difference at each grade, and the maximum and minimum value was large. In the measure value of a sports wheelchair according to the grade of sports, the hip breadth and the height of the back of a chair as large as the grade of sports was low. In the size comparison classified by the part of a sports wheelchair and the body measure data, the width of hip breadth and the width of the chair was under 25㎜ at every grade, and Buttock-popliteal length and Buttock-knee length was not difference significantly. On the other hand, the height of the thigh clearance and the height of the front seat of a sports wheelchair was large as the grade was higher, and in comparison of the height of the scapular and the height of the back of the chair, the lower the grade was, the higher the back of the chair was. It will be the foundation to design a sports wheelchair that fits in Korea body shape and suits with human factor through comparing and analyzing the result of the body measure value and a sports wheelchair in this study.