TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding Humanitude Care for Sit-to-stand Motion by Wearable Sensors
AU - An, Qi
AU - Tanaka, Akito
AU - Nakashima, Kazuto
AU - Sumioka, Hidenobu
AU - Shiomi, Masahiro
AU - Kurazume, Ryo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Assisting patients with dementia is a significant social issue. Currently, to assist patients with dementia, a multimodal care technique called Humanitude is gaining popularity. In Humanitude, the patients are assisted through various techniques to stand up independently by utilizing their motor functions as much as possible. Humanitude care techniques encourage caregivers to increase the area of contact with patients during the sit-to-stand motion. However, Humanitude care techniques are not accurately performed by novice caregivers. Therefore, in this study, a smock-type wearable sensor was developed to measure the proximity between caregivers and care recipients during sit-to-stand motion assistance. A measurement experiment was conducted to evaluate the proximity differences between Humanitude care and simulated novice care. In addition, the effects of different care techniques on the center of mass (CoM) trajectory and muscle activity of the care recipients were investigated. The results showed that the caregivers tend to bring their top and middle trunk closer in Humanitude care compared with novice simulated care. Furthermore, it was observed that the CoM trajectory and muscle activity under Humanitude care were similar to those observed when the care recipient stands up independently. These results validate the effectiveness of Humanitude care and provide useful information for teaching techniques in Humanitude.
AB - Assisting patients with dementia is a significant social issue. Currently, to assist patients with dementia, a multimodal care technique called Humanitude is gaining popularity. In Humanitude, the patients are assisted through various techniques to stand up independently by utilizing their motor functions as much as possible. Humanitude care techniques encourage caregivers to increase the area of contact with patients during the sit-to-stand motion. However, Humanitude care techniques are not accurately performed by novice caregivers. Therefore, in this study, a smock-type wearable sensor was developed to measure the proximity between caregivers and care recipients during sit-to-stand motion assistance. A measurement experiment was conducted to evaluate the proximity differences between Humanitude care and simulated novice care. In addition, the effects of different care techniques on the center of mass (CoM) trajectory and muscle activity of the care recipients were investigated. The results showed that the caregivers tend to bring their top and middle trunk closer in Humanitude care compared with novice simulated care. Furthermore, it was observed that the CoM trajectory and muscle activity under Humanitude care were similar to those observed when the care recipient stands up independently. These results validate the effectiveness of Humanitude care and provide useful information for teaching techniques in Humanitude.
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U2 - 10.1109/SMC53654.2022.9945156
DO - 10.1109/SMC53654.2022.9945156
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85142694236
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SP - 1874
EP - 1879
BT - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2022 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2022
Y2 - 9 October 2022 through 12 October 2022
ER -