A Biomechanical Analysis of Electric Nursing Care Beds Basing on a Virtual Man-bed System
Relation between human and electric care beds (ECB) is complex and special. This study aims at reducing incidence of ulcer and improve comfort when using ECB. To quantify the force distribution exertea upon human body in process of following the care beds for a long period and evaluate the feasibility of new functions of care beds, a group of old people were asked to finish a series of experiments on three kinds of electric care beds. Pressure mapping system and a virtual man-bed system were utilized to quantify the forces in all postures and assess the influences of postures and body weight, explore the relationship between bed movement and force distribution. The results can be utilized to improve the pathological characteristics of ECB in all postures, and furthermore to evaluate or predict the feasibility of new functions added to electric nursing care beds.
Virtual human Ulcer Care bed Comfort Pressure
Qi Wang Xuehua Tang
School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Dianji University Shanghai China
国际会议
温州
英文
1468-1472
2009-11-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）