Physiological Signal Monitoring for A Novel Horse Sling Design

肌肉骨骼损伤在马医学中经常遇到。一种有希望的康复方法是 采用吊索，以促进恢复，通过适应马运动的生物力学。然而，在这方面， 目前可用的吊索设计缺乏量化马姿势所必需的仪器 生理条件。这个问题引起了行业合作伙伴RMD Engineering Inc.的兴趣。 该公司最近设计了一种升降机系统，用于帮助患有多种疾病的人康复。 硬化症在这个项目中，提出了一个传感器监测系统，以获取必要的生理信号， 一种新颖的马吊索设计，可以动态地重新配置，以最好地适应马的健康状况。作为 首先，传统的安德森马吊索将配备各种传感器，包括 温度、湿度和压力传感器。传感器将被放置在马身上的关键位置， 对应于马的解剖结构中已知的压力点。由于长期监测， 马的设想，挑战是设计一个资源有效的监测系统，但这也是 足够灵活和坚固，以便在不同条件下方便地安装在多匹马上。从 从技术的角度来看，研究问题涉及资源分配以及自适应控制和信号 处理，以便实现鲁棒且高效的传感器网络系统。 该项目的成果将有助于行业合作伙伴RMD改善其制造 过程，使公司更具生产力和竞争力，从而扩大销售和增加 就业机会，特别是在萨斯喀彻温省的制造工厂。此外，正如《 最近的倡议被称为一个健康，兽医已成为人类社会的一个组成部分。在 在这种情况下，预计治疗马肌肉骨骼损伤的经验教训也将 可扩展到人类的对应物。这些成就将对《公约》的质量产生巨大影响。 生命，改善健康和拯救动物和人类的生命。

Musculoskeletal injuries are frequently encountered in equine medicine. A promising rehabilitation approach is to employ a sling to facilitate recovery, by accommodating the biomechanics of horse motion. However, currently available sling designs lack the instrumentation necessary for quantifying the horse posture and physiological conditions. This problem has attracted the interest of the industry partner RMD Engineering Inc. The company has recently designed a lift system for aiding in the rehabilitation of people with multiple sclerosis. In this project, a sensor monitoring system is proposed to acquire physiological signals necessary for a novel horse sling design, that can be dynamically reconfigured to best suit the horse health conditions. As a starting point, a conventional Anderson horse sling will be equipped with various sensors, including temperature, moisture and pressure sensors. The sensors will be placed at strategic locations on the horse body, corresponding to the known pressure points in the horse anatomy. Since long-term monitoring with multiple horses is envisioned, the challenge is to design a resource-efficient monitoring system, but which is also sufficiently flexible and robust to be conveniently installed on multiple horses under different conditions. From a technical perspective, the research problems involve resource allocation as well as adaptive control and signal processing, in order to realize a robust and efficient sensor network system. The outcome of this project should facilitate the industry partner RMD in improving its manufacturing process, allowing the company to be more productive and competitive, and thus to expand sales and increase job opportunities, particularly at the Saskatchewan manufacturing facility. Furthermore, as acknowledged in recent initiatives known as One Health, veterinary medicine has become an integral aspect in human society. In this case, it is expected that the lessons learned in treating equine musculoskeletal injuries will also be extendable to the human counterparts. Such achievements would have a tremendous impact on the quality of life, in improving health and saving the lives of both animals and humans.