Lay-Ekuakille Aime, Chiffi Cosimo, Celesti Antonio, Rahman Md Zia Ur, Singh Satya P
Department of Innovation EngineeringUniversity of Salento 73100 Lecce Italy.
Roam2000 Srl Company 74123 Taranto Italy.
IEEE Sens J. 2021 Mar 25;21(13):14426-14433. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3068670. eCollection 2021 Jul 1.
Bedridden people, especially at home, suffer from diverse pathologies beyond the main one that brings them to a specific position. Long-term cares are suitable at home to avoid congestions within hospital facilities. There are different technologies available to improve such people's conditions in their daily life. The standing posture is the key solution to enhance people's wellness amid the psychological burden due to the almost impossibility to be completely healed. The paper proposes the use of a polyfunctional and robotic bed capable of displaying many positions namely vertical, tilting, anti-trendelenburg with necessary graduation. A three-year monitoring of a patient, using a polyfunctional and robotic bed, suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been investigated. Different physiological parameters have been measured and, particularly, the variation of temperature has been measured in presence of body position connected to the robotic bed rotation that provokes biomechanical effort. It is demonstrated that certain body positions correspond to major and minor physical effort, hence major and minor oxygenation. An infrared camera has been used. As a positive result, the variation of posture has been delaying the increase of the pathological signs, because of better conditions.
卧床不起的人，尤其是在家中的患者，除了导致他们处于特定状态的主要病症外，还患有多种疾病。在家中提供长期护理可避免医院设施拥堵。有多种技术可用于改善这类人的日常生活状况。站立姿势是缓解因几乎无法完全康复而产生的心理负担、增强人们健康状况的关键解决方案。本文提出使用一种多功能机器人床，它能够呈现多种姿势，即垂直、倾斜、头高脚低位，并具备必要的角度调节功能。对一名患有肌萎缩侧索硬化症（ALS）的患者使用多功能机器人床进行了为期三年的监测。测量了不同的生理参数，特别是在与机器人床旋转相关的身体姿势变化引发生物力学作用时，测量了体温变化。结果表明，某些身体姿势对应着不同程度的体力消耗，进而导致不同程度的氧合作用。使用了一台红外摄像机。作为一个积极的结果，由于条件改善，姿势的变化延缓了病理症状的加重。
