Kyungbok University Opens Advanced Health Science Center

[Asia Economy (Namyangju) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Kyungbok University recently opened the 'Advanced Health Science Center' equipped with the latest equipment in physical therapy and occupational therapy fields and an open practice room at the Namyangju Campus ChungHyogwan.

The Advanced Health Science Center has established major basic practice rooms commonly studied in health-related fields, reflecting the latest trends of the 4th Industrial Revolution in the medical field, including walking robots and upper limb robots using robotics, and cognitive and daily life training using virtual reality (VR).

Accordingly, the center is composed of ▲robot rehabilitation treatment room ▲functional examination room ▲major basic practice room ▲neurological treatment room ▲musculoskeletal treatment room ▲elderly occupational therapy room ▲child occupational therapy room ▲occupational therapy evaluation room ▲adult occupational therapy room ▲computerized cognition ▲cognitive occupational therapy room ▲daily living motion room ▲rehabilitation engineering room, etc.

Lee Byung-jun, head of the Department of Physical Therapy at Kyungbok University, said, "This Advanced Health Science Center has established educational facilities reflecting the latest trends such as robotics and virtual reality, and will be used as a space to nurture talents who will lead the future of the health and medical fields." He added, "We will do our best to ensure that the Departments of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy at Kyungbok University establish themselves as the top health-related educational institutions in the metropolitan area."

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