排泄可能車椅子の開発

抄録

The number of physically handicapped people in Japan is about 1.93 million, and most of the people with walking disorders use wheelchairs on daily basis. Living in a wheelchair on daily basis reduces muscle strength, causing disuse syndromes such as muscle atrophy, joint contracture, and decreased mental activity. In order to prevent these syndromes, standing training and range of motion training are effective methods, but they are a heavy burden on caregivers. In addition, there is a survey result that excretion assistance is the most burdensome thing in nursing care. Therefore, in this study, we developed toilet activities support wheelchair which has three functions of standing support, passive range of motion exercise of the hip joint, and toilet activities support.