Wearable devices to support rehabilitation and social care
Wearable devices to support rehabilitation and social care
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支持康复和社会护理的可穿戴设备
DOI：
10.1108/jat-01-2016-0004
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
A. Appleby
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作者：
K. Doughty;A. Appleby
目的
- 本文的目的是提供可穿戴技术的使用，重点是解决感官和沟通缺陷，身体残疾和报警和活动监测的应用程序的审查。它的目的是促进采用更多的可穿戴方法来提供辅助技术，因为它们在使用和美学上都有好处。
设计/方法/方式
- 该方法涉及不同类型的便携式设备的比较，以便识别可能有益于不同应用领域的不同组。然后考虑每个领域的最新进展。
结果
- 这项工作表明，由于材料、电池电量和智能手机等互联智能的改进，可穿戴AT设备的使用正在增加。它们将允许推出更小、更轻、更实用的新设备。
实际影响
- 随着可穿戴设备在广泛的应用中成为常态，辅助技术的利用率可能会提高
社会影响
- 通过扩大使用辅助技术来提高残疾人生活质量的方法将因现有设备的范围及其性能的增加而得到加强。
独创性/价值
- 据作者所知，这是对可穿戴设备的第一次审查，重点关注有康复和/或社会护理需求的人的需求。它的价值在于鼓励制造商和设计师使用可穿戴的方法来解决弱势群体面临的一些问题。
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the use of wearable technologies that focuses on applications that tackle sensory and communication deficits, physical disabilities and alarm and activity monitoring. It is intended to promote the introduction of more wearable approaches to providing assistive technologies because of their benefits in utilisation and aesthetic appeal.
Design/methodology/approach
– The approach involves a comparison of different types of portable device in order to identify different groups that may be beneficial to different application areas. Recent advances are then considered for each area.
Findings
– The work demonstrates that the use of wearable AT device is increasing due to improvements in materials, battery power and connected intelligence such as smartphones. They will allow new devices to be introduced that are smaller, lighter and more usable.
Practical implications
– Utilisation of assistive technologies is likely to improve as wearable devices become the norm across a wide range of applications
Social implications
– Approaches to improving the Quality of Life of people with disabilities through an extended use of assistive technologies will be enhanced by the increased range of devices available and by their performance.
Originality/value
– To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first review of wearable devices that has focused on the needs of people who have rehabilitation and/or social care needs. Its value lies in encouraging manufacturers and designers to use wearable approaches to solving some of the problems facing vulnerable people.