Quad-Rider Accessible Handcycle

四人无障碍手动自行车

• 批准号: 8714382
• 负责人: Scott Porter
• 金额: $ 17.54万
• 依托单位: INVOTEK, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-12 至 2016-06-11
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8714382
• 关键词: Adult; Advocate; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Physiology; Cervical; Cervical spinal cord injury; Clinical; Data; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease; Engineering; Ensure; Equipment; Evaluation; Exercise; Fingers; Foundations; Future; Goals; Hand; Hand functions; Health; Health Benefit; Health Status; Individual; Injury; Intervention; Life Style; Loneliness; Marathon; Measures; Mental Health; Methods; Microprocessor; Monitor; Motion; Names; Nature; Outcome; Paraplegia; Participant; Performance; Persons; Phase; Physical activity; Physiological; Principal Investigator; Quadriplegia; Quality of life; Randomized Controlled Trials; Recreation; Research; Risk Factors; Safety; Shoulder; Site; Social Interaction; Social isolation; Speed; Spinal Cord; Spinal cord injury; Sports; System; Target Populations; Testing; Time; Training; Wireless Technology; Wrist; arm; design; disability; fitness; grasp; improved; physical conditioning; programs; prototype; psychosocial; public health relevance; stress related disorder; usability

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physical activity may improve the health and quality of life of people with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) by slowing or reversing physiological decline, lowering risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, improving mental health status and independence, and promoting the efficient performance of daily activities. Unfortunately, lack of access to fitness and recreation equipment is one of the primary barriers to participating in health-enhancing fitness activities for people with SCI/D, and among individuals with C5-C8 tetraplegia, access to physical activity is extremely limited. During this Phase 1 project, we will create a brake and derailleur gear-changing mechanism named Quad-Rider that enables individuals with limited hand function to safely operate a handcycle. InvoTek engineers will create four prototype Quad-Riders that enable riders with C5- C8 tetraplegia to safely propel, steer, and stop using arm, shoulder, and wrist musculature, which are still functionally intact at this level of SCI/D. Health, fitness, and recreation experts at the Lakeshor Foundation will conduct two six-week interventions, each with three persons who have tetraplegia, to assess physiological and psychosocial outcomes associated with using Quad-Rider. Our evaluation plan will: 1. ensure that the design is safe and effective for our target population, 2. ensure that participants with C5-C8 SCI/D can safely operate Quad-Rider, and 3. measure the health benefits to riders.

描述（由申请人提供）：身体活动可以通过减缓或逆转生理性疼痛，改善脊髓损伤和疾病（SCI/D）患者的健康和生活质量。 降低心血管疾病和糖尿病的风险因素，改善心理健康状况和独立性，促进日常活动的有效表现。不幸的是，缺乏健身和娱乐设备是SCI/D患者参与健康促进健身活动的主要障碍之一，在C5-C8四肢瘫痪患者中，体育活动的机会非常有限。在第一阶段的项目中，我们将创建一个名为Quad-Rider的刹车和变速器机构，使手部功能有限的人能够安全地操作手动自行车。CITTEK的工程师将创建四个原型四骑士，使车手与C5- C8四肢瘫痪，安全地推进，转向，并停止使用手臂，肩膀和手腕肌肉组织，这仍然是功能完整的在这个水平的SCI/D。Lakeshor基金会的健康、健身和娱乐专家将进行两次为期六周的干预，每次干预对象为三名四肢瘫痪者，以评估与使用Quad-Rider相关的生理和心理社会结果。我们的评估计划将：1.确保设计对我们的目标人群安全有效，2.确保C5-C8 SCI/D的参与者可以安全地操作Quad-Rider，以及3.衡量对骑手的健康益处。