Development and quantitative assessment of an elbow joint robot for elderly care training
Development and quantitative assessment of an elbow joint robot for elderly care training
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DOI：
10.1007/s11370-019-00282-x
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Lee, Joo-Ho
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作者：
Lee, Miran;Murata, Kodai;Lee, Joo-Ho
随着社会中老年人比例的不断增加，机器人模拟器在老年护理人员培训中具有重要的作用。照顾者或治疗师，尤其是新手，需要训练他们的技巧。虽然最好的方法之一是与真实的老年人一起练习这些技能，但也存在一些障碍，例如受试者的招募以及他们因反复训练而感到疲劳。为了提高护理人员培训的有效性，我们开发了一种用于培训目的的老年人身体部位关节模拟器。在这项研究中，三位具有多年老年人护理经验的专家参与了数据的采集，如肘关节角度，力扭矩和压力值，同时使用建议的老年人肘关节机器人进行运动范围的练习，以与新手进行比较。此外，实验作为前评价、后评价I（30分钟后）和后评价II（1个月后）进行。为量化评估护理人员训练效果，提取肘关节角度范围均值和力力矩范围均值两个参数，并比较专家和受训者的评估结果。比较显示评价前和评价后之间存在统计学显著差异。因此，在这项研究中，我们得出结论，我们提出的方法可以潜在地提高麻醉和护理技能，经过进一步的研究。
A robotic simulator for elderly caregiver training has an important role with the continuous increase in the proportion of the elderly in the society. Caregivers or therapists, especially the novices, need training in caregiving skills. While one of the best methods is to practice the skills with a real elderly person, there are obstacles such as recruitment of subjects and the fatigue experienced by them from repeated training sessions. To improve the effectiveness of caregiver training, we developed an elderly joint simulator of a body part for training purposes. In this study, three experts with years of experience in elderly care participated in the acquisition of data, such as elbow joint angle, force torque, and pressure value, while performing the range of motion exercise using the proposed elderly elbow joint robot for comparison with those from novices. Furthermore, experiments were conducted as pre-evaluation, post-evaluation I (after 30 min), and post-evaluation II (after 1 month). For quantitative assessment of caregiver training, two parameters as the mean of range of elbow joint angle and the mean of range of force torque were extracted, and the results of the experts and trainees were compared. The comparison showed a statistically significant difference between pre- and post-evaluation. Hence, in this study, we conclude that our proposed approach can potentially improve caregiving and nursing skills, after further research.