TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a multifunctional specialized wheelchair mechanism for cerebral palsy in children
AU - Maguiña, Alyssa N.
AU - Urdiales-Bonelli, Leslie M.
AU - Latorre-Quevedo, Piero G.
AU - Torres-Ayala, Lizardo K.
AU - Elias, Dante A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper describes and evaluates an approximation of the proposed position-changing mechanism of a cerebral palsy wheelchair for children using only one actuator. Only details the functional requirements that allow the change of position: wheelchair mode, standing frame mode, and stretcher mode. To evaluate the mechanism, a video was recorded and evaluated in Kinovea, and MATLAB software to obtain the functional angular range of the backrest reclination and the seat elevation. The scaled prototype has a mean error of 2.58% in comparison with the original design. The results indicate that this mechanism effectively provided compliance with the proposed angles and comfort for the patient.
AB - This paper describes and evaluates an approximation of the proposed position-changing mechanism of a cerebral palsy wheelchair for children using only one actuator. Only details the functional requirements that allow the change of position: wheelchair mode, standing frame mode, and stretcher mode. To evaluate the mechanism, a video was recorded and evaluated in Kinovea, and MATLAB software to obtain the functional angular range of the backrest reclination and the seat elevation. The scaled prototype has a mean error of 2.58% in comparison with the original design. The results indicate that this mechanism effectively provided compliance with the proposed angles and comfort for the patient.
KW - cerebral palsy
KW - children
KW - mechanism
KW - standing frame
KW - stretcher
KW - wheelchair
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85138128504&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871696
DO - 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871696
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 36086058
AN - SCOPUS:85138128504
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
SP - 2527
EP - 2530
BT - 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022
Y2 - 11 July 2022 through 15 July 2022
ER -