Paper Info
Title
Design and Evaluation of Partial Weight-Bearing Sensor and Haptic Feedback System for Lower-Extremity Orthopedic Patients
Abstract
The design of a partial weight-bearing compliance aid for orthopedic surgery patients is presented in this paper. This device is capable of detecting weight-bearing loads and delivers appropriate vibrotactile haptic stimuli to the user to encourage compliance with partial weight-bearing orders. This is achieved with either haptic confirmations of correct weight-bearing loads or haptic alerts when loads exceed a prescribed limit. In a preliminary evaluation with 9 healthy subjects, it was demonstrated that the device has a dynamic sensing accuracy of 卤2.43kg (卤5.34 lbs.) within the 2.3-23kg (5-50 lb.) weight-bearing range, which is within the clinical tolerance for partial weight bearing. Additionally, a user wearing this device was able to detect the haptic stimuli and discern whether he was exceeding the weight-bearing load. Ultimately the goal is to create a low-cost alternative to existing products seeking to improve patient weight-bearing compliance, with viability as a take-home rehabilitation aid.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/SMC.2013.576
SMC
Keywords
Field
DocType
partial weight bearing,patient weight-bearing compliance,partial weight-bearing order,partial weight-bearing sensor,haptic feedback system,partial weight-bearing compliance aid,haptic confirmation,weight-bearing load,lower-extremity orthopedic patients,correct weight-bearing load,appropriate vibrotactile haptic stimulus,haptic stimulus,weight-bearing range,orthopaedics
Rehabilitation,Simulation,Control theory,Computer science,Orthopedic surgery,Weight-bearing,Haptic technology
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1062-922X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Levi DeLuke100.34
Ying Jean Zheng200.34
Michael C. Fu31161128.16
Jonathan N. Grauer400.34
Richard Fan544.36
John B. Morrell67613.72