Smart cane: Instrumentation of a quad cane with audio-feedback monitoring system for partial weight-bearing support

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Bioelectronics and Bioinformatics (IEEE ISBB 2014) Pub Date : 2014-04-11 DOI:10.1109/ISBB.2014.6820893

Joseph Mercado, Gemmilyn Chu, Erika Jane Imperial, Kelvin George Monje, Rae Mart Pabustan, Angelito A. Silverio

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Proper cane handling is one of the main goals of cane therapy in the field of physical rehabilitation. Toward that goal, a system has been developed to monitor the weight-bearing performance of the patient and provide an audio feedback to affect a patient's weight application onto the cane. The smart cane is designed to read the force measurement, to compare the read-out force and to generate an alert message if the force applied by the patient is incorrect. The system includes a graphical user interface, which allows real-time graphing of the force measurements and keeps a database for offline comparative data analysis by the therapist. It employs a wireless connection between the microcontroller and the computer using Bluetooth technology, which increases mobility of the patient. This will help the patient to achieve optimum rehabilitation that can lead to an improved balance in walking and eventually cane independence.

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智能手杖:带有音频反馈监控系统的四根手杖的仪器，用于部分承重支撑

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