Today, air travel is popular as a way of transportation for different purpose such as business and tourism. The numbers of air travel passengers are increasing every year. At the same time the flight distance is increased because of better fuel efficiency and technology advancement of airplanes. Sitting is the most common activity during the flight. The US Department of Health advised the disable people to change their sitting posture frequently to relieve sitting pressures at least every 1 hour, and every 15 minutes for normal people. Decubitus is widely recognized as serious complication for a person with spinal cord injury. Motor paralyses affected a person’s ability to respond unconsciously to potential noxious stimuli. Decubitus affect the quality of life of spinal cord injury patient. For the spinal cord injury patient who travels with long haul flight, which is more than 5 hours, the decubitus risk will increase. The paper describes the development of an adaptive posture advisory system for spinal cord injury passengers. The aim of the system is to reduce the decubitus risk of the spinal cord injury patient during long haul flight.
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ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 30–September 2, 2009
San Diego, California, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4900-2
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Adaptive Posture Advisory System for Spinal Cord Injury Patient During Long Haul Air Travel
CheeFai Tan,
CheeFai Tan
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Wei Chen,
Wei Chen
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Marcel Verbunt,
Marcel Verbunt
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Christoph Bartneck,
Christoph Bartneck
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Matthias Rauterberg
Matthias Rauterberg
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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CheeFai Tan
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Wei Chen
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Marcel Verbunt
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Christoph Bartneck
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Matthias Rauterberg
Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Paper No:
DETC2009-86076, pp. 223-229; 7 pages
Published Online:
July 29, 2010
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Tan, C, Chen, W, Verbunt, M, Bartneck, C, & Rauterberg, M. "Adaptive Posture Advisory System for Spinal Cord Injury Patient During Long Haul Air Travel." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 3: ASME/IEEE 2009 International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications; 20th Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention Conference. San Diego, California, USA. August 30–September 2, 2009. pp. 223-229. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2009-86076
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