Design of a novel mobility device controlled by the feet motion of a standing child: a feasibility study.
Design of a novel mobility device controlled by the feet motion of a standing child: a feasibility study.
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由站立儿童的脚部运动控制的新型移动设备的设计：可行性研究。
DOI：
10.1007/s11517-011-0820-5
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Agrawal,SunilK
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作者：
Schoepflin,ZacharyR;Chen,Xi;Ragonesi,ChristinaB;Galloway,JamesC;Agrawal,SunilK
自我产生的移动性是婴幼儿身体、情感、认知和社会发展的主要贡献者。当幼儿有障碍，阻碍自我运动，他们的发展是在风险延迟。通过传统的动力移动设备的独立移动可能会防止这种延迟，但对鼓励孩子的大运动技能的发展几乎没有帮助。本研究旨在开发一种生物驱动的移动辅助设备，该设备通过移动脚来控制和驱动，这可能会促进粗大运动技能的发展。在这项研究中，系统的可行性，五个典型的发展幼儿和一个特殊需要的痉挛型脑瘫幼儿的实验。孩子们被放置在生物驱动装置中，并被指示通过迷宫。所有受试者都能够在多次试验中成功完成迷宫。此外，两名幼儿在测试当天的连续试验中，通过在较短的时间内完成迷宫，显示出驾驶技能的提高。结果表明，这样的设备是可行的有目的的驾驶。给出了器械和方案重新设计的建议，以供将来进行相关测试。
Self-generated mobility is a major contributor to the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development of infants and toddlers. When young children have disorders that hinder self locomotion, their development is at risk for delay. Independent mobility via traditional power mobility devices may prevent this delay, but do little to encourage the child’s development of gross motor skills. This research aims to develop a bio-driven mobile-assistive device that is controlled and driven by moving the feet, which may encourage the development of gross motor skills. In this study, system feasibility is shown by experiments on five typically developing toddlers and one special needs toddler with spastic cerebral palsy. Children were placed in the bio-driven device and instructed to navigate through a maze. All subjects were able to successfully complete the maze in multiple trials. In addition, two toddlers showed evidence of improved driving skill by completing the maze in shorter times in successive trials on a given testing day. The results suggest that such a device is feasible for purposeful driving. Recommendations are given for the device and protocol redesign for related future testing.