TY - GEN
T1 - Kinetic Analysis of Pushing Force in Wheelchair Operation by Caregiver
AU - Sanematsu, Kengo
AU - Kadomatsu, Hiroyuki
AU - Yamamoto, Motoji
AU - Nakashima, Yasutaka
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (JP20K12756) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Transportation using wheelchair is one of the most frequent transportation methods at home, medical and nursing care facilities. Wheelchairs are designed to be operable by passengers but often require assistance, and wheelchair assistance is a heavy burden. In order to quantitatively evaluate the physical burden of the caregiver when operating the wheelchair, it is necessary to analyze the characteristics of the force applied to the wheelchair when the caregiver operates the wheelchair. On the other hand, the optimal posture index of the caregiver when operating a wheelchair is not known, and the operation posture differs depending on the caregiver. Therefore, in this study, we compare the posture and the mechanical characteristics of multiple caregivers to operate a wheelchair, and consider the posture of the caregiver.
AB - Transportation using wheelchair is one of the most frequent transportation methods at home, medical and nursing care facilities. Wheelchairs are designed to be operable by passengers but often require assistance, and wheelchair assistance is a heavy burden. In order to quantitatively evaluate the physical burden of the caregiver when operating the wheelchair, it is necessary to analyze the characteristics of the force applied to the wheelchair when the caregiver operates the wheelchair. On the other hand, the optimal posture index of the caregiver when operating a wheelchair is not known, and the operation posture differs depending on the caregiver. Therefore, in this study, we compare the posture and the mechanical characteristics of multiple caregivers to operate a wheelchair, and consider the posture of the caregiver.
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U2 - 10.1109/CcS49175.2020.9231317
DO - 10.1109/CcS49175.2020.9231317
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096603713
T3 - 2020 International Symposium on Community-Centric Systems, CcS 2020
BT - 2020 International Symposium on Community-Centric Systems, CcS 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 International Symposium on Community-Centric Systems, CcS 2020
Y2 - 23 September 2020 through 26 September 2020
ER -