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A study on universal walker design for elders with bent back

허리가 굽은 고령의 노인용 유니버설 보행보조기 디자인에 관한 연구

  • Park, Yu Jin (International Graduate School of Design Convergence, Hanseo University) ;
  • Bae, In Yeong (International Graduate School of Design Convergence, Hanseo University) ;
  • Song, Seong Il (International Graduate School of Design Convergence, Hanseo University)
  • 박유진 (한서대학교 국제디자인융합전문대학원) ;
  • 배인영 (한서대학교 국제디자인융합전문대학원) ;
  • 송성일 (한서대학교 국제디자인융합전문대학원)
  • Received : 2017.08.03
  • Accepted : 2017.08.21
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

The most of the elders or patients that use common walkers do not have enough physical strength in the legs and cannot walk for a long time where they want to go. So it is necessary to take rests and highly required to develop a multi-function walker that can guide walking safely for weak elders or patients with IT application products at the same time. This study is focused on the walkers for elders with bent back and the design to grant new values for elders to overcome limitations of existing walkers.

보행보조기를 사용하는 노약자나 환자들의 경우는 대부분이 다리의 힘이 부족하여 장시간 걸을 수 없기 때문에 보행 중간에 잠깐씩 쉬어야 하는 경우가 많다. 따라서 육체적으로 약화된 노인이나 환자들이 안전하게 보행을 실시할 수 있도록 보행 능력을 보조하면서도 생체측정 및 IT응용 제품을 사용할 수 있도록 추가적인 다기능 보행보조기의 개발이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 본 연구는 기존 보행보조기의 한계를 극복하기 위해 노인 중심의 새로운 가치가 부여된 보행보조기의 디자인에 관한 내용으로써, 허리가 굽은 고령의 노인을 위한 보행보조기 중심으로 진행되었다.

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