TY - GEN
T1 - Smart Walker Design for Clinical Rehabilitation
AU - Naets, Ben
AU - De Wachter, Evelien
AU - Lambrechts, Rik
AU - Vaneyghen, Joris
AU - Fobelets, Maaike
AU - Middag, Catherine
AU - Debeuf, Ruben
AU - Swinnen, Eva
AU - Minnaert, Ben
PY - 2022/3/3
Y1 - 2022/3/3
N2 - Walkers increase the ability to walk independently and safely but can - when used incorrectly - lead to dangerous situations and injuries. Therefore, it is important that during the rehabilitation injured and/or elderly people learn how to walk with a walker. Currently, patients are dependent of their healthcare professionals to assist them and correct their gait pattern if needed, which limits them in when and where they can train walking. In view of this problem, a smart walker was designed which assists the patient by monitoring feet placement and alerting when incorrect usage is detected. In this way, the patient can train independently. This work describes the design of the smart walker, consisting out of a depth camera, RGB cameras and ultrasonic sensors. These sensors serve as input for a computer model which returns audiovisual feedback to the user.
AB - Walkers increase the ability to walk independently and safely but can - when used incorrectly - lead to dangerous situations and injuries. Therefore, it is important that during the rehabilitation injured and/or elderly people learn how to walk with a walker. Currently, patients are dependent of their healthcare professionals to assist them and correct their gait pattern if needed, which limits them in when and where they can train walking. In view of this problem, a smart walker was designed which assists the patient by monitoring feet placement and alerting when incorrect usage is detected. In this way, the patient can train independently. This work describes the design of the smart walker, consisting out of a depth camera, RGB cameras and ultrasonic sensors. These sensors serve as input for a computer model which returns audiovisual feedback to the user.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iraset52964.2022.9738158
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127973566&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/iraset52964.2022.9738158
DO - 10.1109/iraset52964.2022.9738158
M3 - Conference paper
T3 - 2022 2nd International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2022
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - 2022 2nd International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (IRASET)
A2 - Benhala, Bachir
A2 - Mansouri, Khalifa
A2 - Raihani, Abdelhadi
A2 - Qbadou, Mohammed
PB - IEEE
T2 - The 2nd International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology
Y2 - 3 March 2022 through 4 March 2022
ER -