Datalogger Development for Wheelchair Mobility Outcomes

轮椅移动结果的数据记录器开发

• 批准号: 6934013
• 负责人: Dan Ding
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: THREE RIVERS HOLDINGS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-15 至 2006-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6934013
• 关键词: actigraphy; assistive device /technology; bioengineering /biomedical engineering; biomedical device power system; biomedical equipment development; body movement; body physical activity; clinical research; computer human interaction; computer program /software; evaluation /testing; focus groups; human subject; medical rehabilitation related tag; portable biomedical equipment; quality of life; vibration

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Independent mobility is a key contributor to the quality of life and social participation of an individual with a physical disability. With decreased mobility, there is usually an associated increased risk of social isolation, unemployment, and other health problems, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and pressure ulcers. Unimpaired individuals on fitness programs and athletes in training use instruments to measure their progress. Pedometers, for example, are widely used to measure walking distances for the purpose of monitoring physical activity levels and evaluating the attainment of physical activity recommendations. However, there are no commercial "pedometers" for individuals who use wheelchairs. Thus, they cannot objectively quantify levels of physical activity and detect incremental changes as a result of intervention. Researchers at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories have developed two generations of wheelchair dataloggers. These dataloggers have been successfully used to investigate the activity levels of consumers and compare usage among different types of wheelchairs. We have received several requests from research institutions, rehabilitation hospitals and clinics to purchase our second-generation dataloggers. The market appeal for wheelchair dataloggers has also been confirmed through feedback from users, clinicians, therapists, and wheelchair manufacturers and suppliers. In this proposal, we will further improve both our manual and powered wheelchair dataloggers. Improvements will encompass mechanical reliability, electronic updates and software features. It is critical that commercialization of wheelchair dataloggers be accelerated so that it can become more readily available as an outcome measure for researchers, clinicians, wheelchair manufacturers and suppliers, as they all strive to understand how wheelchairs or other related interventions affect mobility levels of users, or how mobility levels relate to other medical/physiological symptoms. This enhanced objective understanding facilitated by dataloggers will lead to early detection and intervention of mobility-induced problems, quantifiable intervention or prescription evaluation, and justification of wheelchairs provided.

描述（由申请人提供）：独立流动性是造成身体残障人士生活质量和社会参与的关键因素。随着流动性的降低，通常会增加社会隔离，失业和其他健康问题的风险，例如肥胖，心血管疾病和压力溃疡。 在健身计划和训练运动员的未受损的人使用工具来衡量他们的进步。例如，根据监测身体活动水平并评估体育活动建议的目的，计数器被广泛用于测量步行距离。但是，对于使用轮椅的人来说，没有商业的“计步器”。因此，他们无法客观地量化身体活动水平，并因干预而检测增量变化。 人类工程研究实验室的研究人员已经开发了两代轮椅数据对象。这些数据量已经成功地用于调查消费者的活动水平，并比较不同类型的轮椅之间的用法。我们已经收到了研究机构，康复医院和诊所的几个要求，以购买我们的第二代数据群。还通过用户，临床医生，治疗师以及轮椅制造商和供应商的反馈来确认对轮椅数据学的市场吸引力。在此提案中，我们将进一步改善手动和动力轮椅数据对象。改进将涵盖机械可靠性，电子更新和软件功能。 至关重要的是，要加速轮椅数据杂志的商业化，以使其成为研究人员，临床医生，轮椅制造商和供应商的结果措施，因为它们都努力了解轮椅或其他相关干预措施如何影响移动性的用户水平，或与其他医学/生理学症状相关。数据材料促进的这种增强的客观理解将导致对流动性引起的问题，可量化的干预或处方评估以及所提供轮椅的正当性的早期检测和干预。