Walking support system for Ageing Community

Choo Chng Tat; S. Parasuraman; M. K.A.Ahamed Khan; I. Elamvazuthi

doi:10.1109/RTECC.2018.8625641

Walking support system for Ageing Community

Choo Chng Tat, S. Parasuraman, M. K.A.Ahamed Khan, I. Elamvazuthi

Malaysia School of Engineering

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Abstract

Walking aids are extensively used by elderly individuals to improve their stability and ambulatory ability. Knowledge of biomechanical and functional requirements for the effective use of walker is still limited as per the current data available. In this paper, an instrumented walker is discussed theoretically and a new system is developed using the measurement of subject's resultant arm upper extremity loads. The bilateral upper extremity kinematics and kinetics data were acquired through Visual 3D motion analysis system. The internal joint force and moment for the wrist, elbow and shoulder were determined using inverse dynamics models. These data were observed from seven healthy subjects, right handed young adults and elderly. By utilizing these experimental data, a walker support system was developed and verified the design using the same subjects through repeated experimentation. Significant changes of resultant forces were observed for walker support system implementation. Elbow joint moment was observed and found to be reduced with the implementation of support system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on "Recent Trends in Electrical, Control and Communication", RTECC 2018
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	28-34
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538643099
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RTECC.2018.8625641
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical, Control and Communication 2018 - Selangor, Malaysia Duration: 20 Mar 2018 → 22 Mar 2018 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8612478/proceeding (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical, Control and Communication 2018
Abbreviated title	RTECC 2018
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Selangor
Period	20/03/18 → 22/03/18
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8612478/proceeding (Proceedings)

Keywords

Biomechanics
force measurement
kinematics
kinetics
upper extremity gait locomotion
walking aid design

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Tat, CC, Parasuraman, S, Khan, MKAA & Elamvazuthi, I 2018, Walking support system for Ageing Community. in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on "Recent Trends in Electrical, Control and Communication", RTECC 2018. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 28-34, IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical, Control and Communication 2018, Selangor, Malaysia, 20/03/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/RTECC.2018.8625641

Walking support system for Ageing Community. / Tat, Choo Chng; Parasuraman, S.; Khan, M. K.A.Ahamed et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on "Recent Trends in Electrical, Control and Communication", RTECC 2018. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018. p. 28-34.

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