Abstract
The aim of this research is to find out of the effects of space planning for housing on load of assist work with activity of daily living (ADL) for the severely handicapped. Items of research and it's results are as a follows ; The items are face-finding on ADL for the cervical injury persons, their assistants and measurement of load of assist work of bathing activities with heart rate and electromyogram for assistants. For the face-finding of ADL for the cervical injury persons, No.5 cervical cord (C5) injury persons showed 67 %, (C6) injury persons showed 46 %, (C7) injury persons showed 30 % and (C8) injury persons showed 7 % with rate of all assist of ADL. All assist work in ADL were bathing, excred and dressed or undressed activities. The load of assist work of bathing activities showed 100 beets to 130 beets per minute on heart rate and more than 50 % of maximal voluntary contraction on electromyogram with assistants. These load of living body were caused by squatting, forward bending and deeply half rising with knee extended posture at assist work and height of work level. At space planning for housing, it became clear that considerable of suitable height of work level of vertical like plan is very important.
