Hip Lift Transfer Assistive System for Reducing Burden on Caregiver’s Waist

In Japan, the aging population is expected to increase the number of elderly people in the future. The purpose of this study was to develop a hip lift transfer assistive system to improve the QOL of elderly living and to prevent back pain for caregivers. We extracted the impediment factor and the ne...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-11, Vol.21 (22), p.7548
Main Authors: Wu, Jiang, Shino, Motoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Back pain
Caregivers
caregivers’ lumbar burden
Defecation
motion analysis
Muscle function
Older people
Posture
QOL of elderly
transfer assistive system
Wheelchairs
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:In Japan, the aging population is expected to increase the number of elderly people in the future. The purpose of this study was to develop a hip lift transfer assistive system to improve the QOL of elderly living and to prevent back pain for caregivers. We extracted the impediment factor and the necessary scene for the assistance, decided on the transfer process from the wheelchair in the toilet, and considered the reduction method of the burden based on the quantitative evaluation of the caregiver’s lumbar burden and developed the device. Then we proposed the algorithm of the system by grasping the behavior and lumbar burden characteristics at the time of using the hip lift transfer assistive system by the developed device in which the proposed support algorithm of standing seating assistance operation is implemented in the actual use environment. Through the assistive movement evaluation experiment and the actual operation in the toilet, we have verified that the use of this device can reduce the caregivers’ lumbar burden below the standard value (3400 N) and have proved the effectiveness of the proposed transfer assistive system.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s21227548