Development of the lift assist chair for the elderly people “Rakutateru”

Alireza Ahrary; Won Seok Yang; Masayoshi Inada; Kazumi Nakamatsu

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.182

Development of the lift assist chair for the elderly people “Rakutateru”

Alireza Ahrary, Won Seok Yang, Masayoshi Inada, Kazumi Nakamatsu

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Abstract

According to the survey on actual situation of elderly persons at home or nursing home care, the first item after concerning about disease under treatment is “Weak legs and difficulties to stand from seat”. Muscle strength further decreases with aging and make feeling burden when standing from seat. Also, people who are suffering from secondary symptoms such as bedsores and keep sitting in a seat for a long time are on the rise. The most burdensome for elderly persons when trying to stand up from chair is to bear the weight themselves. In this paper, we introduce “Rakutateru” which is specially designed to support elderly persons to easy stand up from seat and keep people to more active and independent. We also evaluate the validity of assist unit which is contained inside the lower part of the Rakutateru surface.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-37
Number of pages	7
Journal	Procedia Computer Science
Volume	131
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.182
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	8th International Congress of Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2018 - Xiamen, China Duration: 2018 Jan 27 → 2018 Jan 28

Keywords

Assist chair
Elderly support chair
Lifting unit

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Computer Science(all)

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Development of the lift assist chair for the elderly people “Rakutateru”

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