配合设计用于定制赛车轮椅比赛的设备的处方方法
Thiago José Donegá1,2, Jonas Profeta Borges1,2, Sílvio Soares Dos Santos1,2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
|September 12, 2024
概括
一个新的多调节的赛车轮椅处方设备 (RWPE) 提高了残奥运动员的定制性. 这种经过验证的设备优化了轮椅尺寸,提高了安全性,舒适性和性能,从而提高了运动员的功率输出.
科学领域:
- 运动工程 运动工程
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 在残奥会田径运动会上.
背景情况:
- 轮椅赛车定制传统上依赖于制造商的指导方针和运动员的选择,往往导致不合适的设备和性能问题.
- 目前用于定制赛车轮椅的方法缺乏精度,可能无法完全考虑个体的人类特征.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种创新的定制方法,使用一种新的多可调节的赛车轮椅处方设备 (RWPE).
- 通过基于人体测量数据的精确,个性化的轮椅调整来提高运动员的表现和安全.
主要方法:
- RWPE是一款具有集成测量仪器的模块化设备,旨在进行精确的人类测量评估和人体工程学调整.
- 在赛道上进行了实验测试,以验证设备的安全性,舒适性和处方方法.
主要成果:
- 实验验证证了RWPE及其处方方法的安全性,舒适性和有效性.
- 一名高性能运动员验证了该系统,从而开发出了一种新的参数化轮椅模型.
- 从RWPE测量中获得的轮椅尺寸优化导致运动员表现改善,估计平均功率增加表明了这一点.
结论:
- RWPE为定制赛车轮椅提供了精确有效的解决方案,解决了传统方法的局限性.
- 这种创新方法提高了残奥会轮椅比赛中运动员的表现和安全.
- 经过验证的方法和设备为改进的个性化体育装备设计铺平了道路.
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