Time Efficiency and Ergonomic Assessment of a Robotic Wheelchair Transfer System
Shantanu A. Satpute, Kaylee J. Uribe, Oluwatofunmi O. Olaore, Minori Iizuka, Ian C. McCumber Gandara, William J. Schoy, Rutuja A. Kulkarni, Rosemarie Cooper, Alicia M. Koontz, Owen Flaugh, Rory A. Cooper · 2024
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Description
Shantanu Satpute and co-authors test a 2024 robotic system for moving people between bed and wheelchair. Caregivers get hurt often during such transfers, and the standard floor lift is slow and still bends the back. The team ran eight helpers through transfers with both the robotic powered system and a floor lift, tracking trunk motion with body sensors.
The robot cut transfer time from about 526 seconds to 144. It also cut trunk bending, sideways lean, and twisting, and shrank the time spent in risky postures. All gaps were statistically strong. The authors present the system as a safer, faster stand-in for the current standard of care. Eight helpers is a small test group, so the gains read as early proof.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shantanu A. Satpute, Kaylee J. Uribe, Oluwatofunmi O. Olaore, Minori Iizuka, Ian C. McCumber Gandara, William J. Schoy, Rutuja A. Kulkarni, Rosemarie Cooper, Alicia M. Koontz, Owen Flaugh, Rory A. Cooper |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |