Development and evaluation of a seating aid cushion system for wheelchair bound, paralyzed people...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose Paralyzed people spend most of their time in wheel chairs, although the reasons for paralysis vary. The seating postures of paralyzed people commonly involve leaning forward and/or to the side. Although a harness is widely used to prevent leaning, physical restrictions compromise user comfor...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 265 - 266 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180444900&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180444900 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2014 Special Issue vid: 13 iid: 2 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 180444900 180444900 180444900 10.4017/gt.2014.13.02.175.00 180444900 ppf: 265 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Development and evaluation of a seating aid cushion system for wheelchair bound, paralyzed people...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan. aug: au: NAGAMACHI, M. ISHIHARA, S. HASHIMOTO, H. KOUCHI, M. affil: Hiroshima International University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-2695, Japan sug: subj: Wheelchairs Adaptive Seating Persons with Disabilities Paralysis Pillows and Cushions Electromyography Congresses and Conferences Taiwan Taiwan ab: Purpose Paralyzed people spend most of their time in wheel chairs, although the reasons for paralysis vary. The seating postures of paralyzed people commonly involve leaning forward and/or to the side. Although a harness is widely used to prevent leaning, physical restrictions compromise user comfort. To address this problem, we developed a supportive cushion system using Breath-air, a three-dimensional interwoven polyester fiber material. The support system consists of back, side, and lumber support cushions (Figure 1). We examined the effectiveness of the Breath-air system at a rehabilitation institution. An electromyogram (EMG) was used for measurement. Different paralyzed people have larger differences between right and left erector spinae EMGs than able-bodied people. If support by the cushion system is effective, the difference of EMGs will be smaller. Method Eight paralyzed and wheelchair bound people participated in the experiment (four females, four males; one person was age 65; the others were in their 30s or 40s). Cerebral palsy, strokes or meningitis had caused their paralysis. EMGs were used to measure from the right and left erector spinae and were compared with and without side support cushions. Tests were conducted using stationary sitting and self-propulsion movement positions. One subject was unable to use self-propulsion techniques. EMG was quantified every two seconds, by integrals of absolute voltage. Results & Discussion Overall, in all conditions and with all subjects, side supported positions had a smaller right/left erector spinae EMG difference than positions without support (one-way ANOVA, p=0.003, F(1,164)=8.95). Table 1 compared EMGs between each subject, including statistical significance. In stationary and self-propulsion position, three out of eight participants and six out of seven participants experienced improvements. The results suggest our side support cushions have the potential to assist paralyzed patients, especially those who are capable of self-propulsion in their wheelchair. We will present a more detailed analysis in future evaluations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: abstract pictorial proceedings research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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