The purpose of this study was to identify the differences in pulmonary functioning after respiratory exercise with IPPB (Intermittent Positive Pressure Breather) in patients with progressive muscular dystrophy (PMD). The subjects were 46 patients with PMD who were admitted to the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of Youngdong Severance Hospital. The subjects were assigned into one of 2 groups. The control group received comprehensive treatments such as ROM exercise, deep breathing exercise, moist hot packs, and ultrasound twice a day while admitted at the Rehabilitation Medicine Department. Unlike the control group, the subjects at the experimental group received respiratory exercise treatment with IPPB. The subjects were admitted for 10~19 days, and the average length of hospital stay was 12.2 days. Pulmonary functioning was evaluated at admission and discharge by SENSOR MEDICS. The data were analyzed by a paired t-test and a independent t-test. The results were as follows: 1) The change of each parameter of pulmonary function tests were significantly improved in all groups after respiratory exercise treatment during admission (p<0.05). 2) By comparing the change of each parameter of pulmonary function tests between the experimental group and control group, the parameters of vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity, forced vital capacity predicted (FVCP) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) were significantly improved in the experimental group which had received the pulmonary exercise treatment with IPPB (p<0.05). In conclusion, this study suggests that the pulmonary exercise treatments with IPPB facilitated improvement in the pulmonary functioning for the PMD patients during their hospital stay.

방사선 치료시 산란성 등의 피부영향을 피할 수 없으며 내부의 정상장기의 피폭은 피할 수 없다. 방사선 치료의 역사는 정상조직의 흡수선량 감소를 위한 역사라고 해도 과언이 아니다. 특히, 왼쪽 유방암의 방사선 치료시 내부 인접 장기로는 정상유방조직, 심장과 폐를 대표로 들 수 있는데 심장에 발생할 수 있는 부작용은 심정지, 심근경색 등이 있다. 본 논문에서는 왼쪽 유방암 환자의 방사선 치료시 호흡조절기법을 사용한 것과 일반 방사선치료계획을 시행하는 것 사이에 심장의 체적과 선량의 변화를 관찰하여 호흡으로 인해 발생하는 심장의 체적과 선량을 알아보았다. 연구결과 4차원 컴퓨터 단층촬영영상을 기준으로 심장의 체적은 평균 12.8±8.7 cc의 차이가 나타났으며 이에 대해 선량은 평균 17.3±12.1 cGy의 차이를 보였다. 이러한 체적과 선량의 차이는 향후 방사선 치료시 부작용을 발생시킬 수 있는 우려가 있으므로 호흡조절기법을 활용하여 심장의 정확한 위치를 기반으로 방사선 치료계획을 수립하여야 할 것이다.