Home // GLOBAL HEALTH 2012, The First International Conference on Global Health Challenges // View article

Fundamental Study to New Evaluation Method Based on Physical and Psychological Load in Care

Authors:
Shunji Shimizu
Hiroaki Inoue
Noboru Takahashi
Hiroyuki Nara
Takeshi Tsuruga
Fumikazu Miwakeichi
Nobuhide Hirai
Senichiro Kikuchi
Eiju Watanabe
Satoshi Kato

Keywords: Movement; Exercise; 3D Motion Capture; NIRS; EMG; Care; Welfare Technology; Usefulwelfare device evaluation; Evaluation method.

Abstract:
Recently, Japan (also world-wide countries) has become aged society, and a wide variety welfare device and system have been developed. But evaluation of welfare system and device are limited only stability, intensity and partial operability. So, evaluation of usefulness is insufficient. Therefore, we will attempt to establish the standard to evaluate usefulness for objectively and quantitatively on the basis of including non-verbal cognition. In this paper, we measure load of sitting and standing movement to use EMG (Electoromyogram) and 3D Motion Capture and set a goal to establish objective evaluation method. We think that establishing objective evaluation method is necessity to develop useful welfare device. We examined possibility of assessing load and fatigue from measuring brain activity to use NIRS (Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy). Idea of universal design is widespread in welfare device and system. Measuring require verification of all generations. But, we performed to measure younger subjects as a first step. We think that younger subjects were observed the significant difference, because they had enough physical function. Considering younger subjects as a benchmark is appropriate for creating evaluation method.

Pages: 129 to 134

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: October 21, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4553

ISBN: 978-1-61208-243-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 21, 2012 to October 26, 2012