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http://dx.doi.org/10.21288/resko.2017.11.4.349

Design Guideline of Height-adjustable Wash Basin for Persons with Disability  

Bae, Ju-Hwan (근로복지공단 재활공학연구소)
Moon, Inhyuk (동의대학교 로봇자동화전공)
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Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology / v.11, no.4, 2017 , pp. 349-354 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we proposed a design guideline of height-adjustable wash basin which is an assistive product for personal hygiene for persons with disability. We performed biomechanical assessments using both of conventional and prototype height adjustable wash basin. Total five elderly subjects (all male, age $68.6{\pm}4.3yrs.$, height $169.8{\pm}5.7cm$, weight $70{\pm}7.7kg$) participated for the assessment test. Each joint angles were measured by using a 3D motion capture system when subjects use wash basins, and the lumbar moment of each subjects was estimated based on a human body model. From the assessment results, a design guideline which has the range of the height from 652[mm] to 1162[mm] was proposed. Then additional assessment tests with five healthy subjects ($25.8{\pm}1.8yrs.$, $175.5{\pm}5.8cm$, $74{\pm}15.7kg$) were performed in order to verify effectiveness of the design guideline. The results showed a height-adjustable wash basin applied the proposed design guideline was effective to reduce the lumbar moment.
Keywords
Wash basin; height-adjustable; design guideline; persons with disability;
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