A Study of Survey for Facial Palsy Patients and Invention a Correction Splint to Facial Palsy

안면마비 환자의 실태조사와 교정용 스프린트 개발에 관한 연구

Purpose : Facial palsy goes together not only physical difficulties but also social life's of relationship to other people. Therefore we was devised correction splint and rehabilitation set for facial palsy proofreading. Method : This article was used by questionnaire survey that intended for 140 patients who had got facial palsied such as universities hospitals and oriental hospitals over the country in Korea. The subject matter that faced consciousness of a patient as opposed the awkward rehabilitating tool that a general matter and patient. In the object that the rehabilitation tool which now patient used through a wraps a face in only as a treatment object. Results : 1. The most chief complaints among the facial palsy patients were eating activity (41%), relationship to other people (29%), communication (20% )(Fig. 3). 2. The most needs of the facial palsy patients was aids for early treat (53%), prevented face deformity (16%) etc, (Fig. 4). 3. So we are going to make a correction splint and rehabilitation set for facial palsy, that makes common use broadly in based of medical utility (CAD. 1~7). Conclusion : We invented a correction splint and rehabilitation set for facial palsied patients in based of questionnaire survey.