Abstract
This study aimed to offer suggestions to the design of robotic patient lift based on Chinese clinical demands by investigating the Chinese medical institutions at different levels, and assessing the current caregivers’ low back load during manual patient handling tasks.
The space, spatial distribution and structure of seven equipped patient beds in four Chinese medical institutions at different levels were investigated. Kinetic data and rating of perceived exertion were also calculated and recorded from nine caregivers performing six patient handling tasks with three “actor” patients.
We recommend that the robotic patient lift designed for Chinese medical institutions should be of more compact size with more flexible features. Biomechanical loading characteristics during different handling tasks and the patient weight should be taken into consideration in the robotic lift design.
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Wu, Y., Gu, DY., Wei, JH. (2013). Analysis of Functional Components for a Robotic Patient Lift Based on Chinese Clinical Demands. In: Lee, J., Lee, M.C., Liu, H., Ryu, JH. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8102. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40852-6_29
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