Merrett, G. V., Peters, C., Hallett, G. and White, N. M. (2009) An Instrumented Crutch for Monitoring Patients' Weight Distribution during Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. In: Eurosensors XXIII, 06-09 September 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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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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| Keywords: | assistive healthcare forearm crutches instrumented objects biomedical engineering | ||||||||
| Research Group: | Current ECS Groups > Electronic and Software Systems Current ECS Groups > Electronics and Electrical Engineerineering Old ECS Groups > Electronic Systems and Devices Group Old ECS Groups > Pervasive System Centre | ||||||||
| Date: | 6 September 2009 | ||||||||
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| Citations: | Google Scholar: 1 | ||||||||
| Downloads (2010): | 87 | ||||||||
| ID Code: | 18426 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2011 10:38 | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 28 Jan 2010 11:20 by Merrett, Geoff | ||||||||
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