Wheelchair Propulsion Technique

轮椅推进技术

• 批准号: 7259910
• 负责人: W MARK RICHTER
• 金额: $ 34.57万
• 依托单位: MAX MOBILITY, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-20 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7259910
• 关键词: Accounting; Address; Biofeedback; Biomechanics; Characteristics; Cumulative Trauma Disorders; Development; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Electromyography; Evaluation; Gait; Injury; Joints; Kinetics; Knowledge; Learning; Length; Locomotion; Longevity; Manual wheelchair; Measures; Metabolic; Methodology; Methods; Modeling; Muscle; Musculoskeletal; Neptune; Neurologic; Pain; Pattern; Performance; Population; Principal Investigator; Process; Quality of life; Rate; Recovery; Relative (related person); Research; Risk; Series; Surface; System; Techniques; Technology; Testing; Texas; Time; Training; Training Technics; Universities; Upper Extremity; Vision; Weight; Wheelchair fitting; Wheelchair propulsion; Wheelchairs; Work; abstracting; austin; base; cost; design; fundamental research; improved; innovation; instrumentation; interest; kinematics; man; models and simulation; simulation; technology development; tool; training aid; two-dimensional

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Manual wheelchair users are at considerable risk of developing upper limb overuse injuries. One preventative measure is to improve the user's push style. This project will develop the understanding required to teach proper propulsion technique. ABSTRACT Manual wheelchair propulsion is the primary mode of locomotion for millions of people around the world. Manual wheelchair users rely on their upper extremities (UE) for mobility. Pain and injury in the UE can severely impact mobility, independence and quality of life. Unfortunately, UE pain and injury is very common among manual wheelchair users. How someone pushes his wheelchair is likely related to the development of UE injuries. Despite the importance of propulsion technique, we do not know how to optimally propel a wheelchair. The reason for the lack of information is primarily due to a lack of research. The proposed project will address the need for fundamental research in wheelchair propulsion technique. The project will involve: 1) developing the instrumentation and methods required to provide real-time individually tailored propulsion technique biofeedback, 2) developing a musculoskeletal propulsion model and using it to predict the consequences of technique changes, 3) measuring the biomechanical and metabolic effects of providing biofeedback for a population of wheelchair users and 4) assessing the efficacy of repeated training sessions using an optimal biofeedback strategy. This research will fill in the gaps in our understanding, develop innovative approaches to improving technique and will demonstrate that improving propulsion technique can reduce demand on the wheelchair user. Implementation of the knowledge gained from this research is hoped to contribute to the reduction of upper extremity injuries in the wheelchair user population.

描述（由申请人提供）：手动轮椅使用者有很大的风险，即产生上肢过度伤害。一种预防措施是改善用户的推动风格。该项目将发展教授适当推进技术所需的理解。抽象的手动轮椅推进是世界上数百万人的运动的主要模式。手动轮椅使用者依靠其上肢（UE）进行移动。 UE的疼痛和伤害会严重影响流动性，独立性和生活质量。不幸的是，在手动轮椅使用者中，UE疼痛和受伤非常普遍。某人如何推动轮椅可能与UE受伤的发展有关。尽管推进技术很重要，但我们不知道如何最佳地推动轮椅。缺乏信息的原因主要是由于缺乏研究。拟议的项目将满足轮椅推进技术基础研究的需求。该项目将涉及：1）开发提供实时量身定制的推进技术生物反馈所需的仪器和方法，2）开发一个肌肉骨骼的推进模型，并使用它来预测技术变化的后果，3）测量衡量班轮的生物反馈的生物力学和代谢效应，以培训型轮椅的培训，并评估良好的效果。这项研究将填补我们理解的空白，开发改进技术的创新方法，并证明提高推进技术可以减少对轮椅用户的需求。希望从这项研究中获得的知识实施有助于减少轮椅用户人口上肢伤害。