Technical Name Development a novel ambulatory training device with external cues
Project Operator NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY
Summary
According to clinical experiences, the therapist must accompany patients to monitor and guide them to walk in a correct gait pattern while receiving training. Otherwise the patients may build a wrong stepping habit, and in the long run may cause secondly injury. However, due to limited man power, therapists are not always available and the patients do not receive enough trainings. Thus the patients recover slowly to a limited extend. In order for walking disabled patients to recover quickly to their highest level in correct way, we develop a visual cue device could be mounted on any assistive device to help hemiplegia stroke patients in their gait training.
Scientific Breakthrough
每一步態週期中,無論手持式輔具如何移動,光源都會保持在同一個位置。
預先由治療師調整參數,確保行走其間正確之步長。
適用於不同手持式輔具。
Industrial Applicability
目標市場將設定於醫療院所、長照機構、使用者居家,並與現有視覺提式輔具競爭。先前具視覺提示的步行訓練輔具的採用並不普及,推估原因在於使用者將受限於特定輔具,若將此因素移除,採用外掛設計,預期使用者的接受度會隨之提高。推行重點將著重於現行臨床訓練方式之協助與效率提升。
醫療院所:第一線使用者包含治療師。藉由裝置輔助訓練,舒緩吃緊的醫療人力。
長照機構:除了因疾病需長期步行復健者外,隨著老年化時代的來臨,長期照護的需求亦是日漸增高,如何給予高齡者更好的生活品質及或活動動機,都是本裝置可以提供協助的部分。
病患居家:有步態訓練需求之使用者。把握黃金復健期於居家充分練習。
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