A person with a disability needs external equipment or caregivers to assist with daily ambulation or ambulatory rehabilitation due to a physical injury or limited mobility. However, due to the scarcity of nursing staff and the high cost of nursing, artificial assistance cannot meet the needs of patients in their daily lives. Therefore, walking aids, which play a role in assisting walking, have become commonly used auxiliary devices in daily walking and rehabilitation training for people with lower limb dysfunction.
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l Design ideas for walking aids
l The design of walking aids should consider comprehensively
Design ideas for walking aids
The design idea of walking aids is consistent with the general product design process, following the design concept of serving people and facilitating others, that is, the design and development of any product are inseparable from people's needs. However, the elderly have special requirements for walking aids, which are mainly manifested in the elderly themselves. Different application environments will cause different changes in requirements, resulting in the diversification and complexity of requirements levels. For example, the walking aids used in nursing homes or places for the elderly are mainly non-powered. On the one hand, it is convenient for the elderly to move for a short distance, and on the other hand, it prevents the elderly from falling due to excessive moving speed or unstable center of gravity. Elderly people who go out to parks or gardens are more willing to choose powered walkers or wheeled walkers, which are more convenient for body movement and reduce the burden on the body caused by long-distance travel. It helps to increase the amount of exercise and create a comfortable mood and is more conducive to the physical rehabilitation of the elderly.
The design of walking aids should consider comprehensively
After years of changes, the elderly's bodily functions are deteriorating in all aspects. And it varies from person to person, even at the same age, the degree of degeneration of body functions is not the same. Degenerations such as vision, hearing, and touch become more serious with age. The degeneration of the physical function of the elderly is not a single one, but a chain reaction.
For example, the degeneration of vision and hearing will cause the loss of body balance and mobility, and the decline of the body's immune system function and the gradual increase of diseases will lead to the rapid decline of body functions and the physiological and psychological changes of the elderly. The development of society has led to more and more elderly groups such as those left behind, living alone, widows, and so on. They gradually have psychological changes such as depression, depression, and lack of self-confidence, and even low self-esteem due to physical degradation. Therefore, in the extraction of design elements in the design of walking aids, the special needs and special "services" of the elderly must be fully considered, so that they can be converted into key design elements that meet the real needs of the elderly.
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