An Instrumented Crutch for Monitoring Patients' Weight Distribution during Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
An Instrumented Crutch for Monitoring Patients' Weight Distribution during Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
This paper discusses an instrumented forearm crutch that has been developed to monitor a patient’s weight bearing over the full period of their recovery, and that can potentially be used in a home environment. The crutch measures the applied weight, crutch tilt, and hand position on the grip. Data are transmitted wirelessly to a remote computer, where they are processed and visualized in LabVIEW. The results obtained from a successful pilot study highlight both the need for such an instrumented crutch and its ability to measure the weight being applied through a patient’s lower limb.
assistive healthcare forearm crutches instrumented objects biomedical engineering
Merrett, Geoff V
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Peters, Christian
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Hallett, Georgina
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White, Neil M
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Merrett, Geoff V
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Peters, Christian
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Hallett, Georgina
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White, Neil M
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Merrett, Geoff V, Peters, Christian, Hallett, Georgina and White, Neil M
(2009)
An Instrumented Crutch for Monitoring Patients' Weight Distribution during Orthopaedic Rehabilitation.
Eurosensors XXIII, Lausanne, Switzerland.
06 - 09 Sep 2009.
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Abstract
This paper discusses an instrumented forearm crutch that has been developed to monitor a patient’s weight bearing over the full period of their recovery, and that can potentially be used in a home environment. The crutch measures the applied weight, crutch tilt, and hand position on the grip. Data are transmitted wirelessly to a remote computer, where they are processed and visualized in LabVIEW. The results obtained from a successful pilot study highlight both the need for such an instrumented crutch and its ability to measure the weight being applied through a patient’s lower limb.
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Published date: 6 September 2009
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Event Dates: 06-09 September 2009
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Eurosensors XXIII, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009-09-06 - 2009-09-09
Keywords:
assistive healthcare forearm crutches instrumented objects biomedical engineering
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Electronic & Software Systems, EEE
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Local EPrints ID: 268426
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/268426
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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:23
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Geoff V Merrett
Author:
Christian Peters
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Georgina Hallett
Author:
Neil M White
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