ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2025
Perceptions and assessment of a novel robotic wheelchair transfer system.
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- Time Efficiency and Ergonomic Assessment of a Robotic Wheelchair Transfer System.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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objectivesWheelchair transfers risk injury to users and caregivers. Conventional transfer devices are injury-prone and time inefficient. The Powered Personal Transfer System (PPTS), utilizing a modified Electric Powered Wheelchair (EPW) and a hospital bed, provides a no-lift solution for bed-to-wheelchair transfers. Objective 1: Assess PPTS workload compared to existing methods. Objective 2: Evaluate PPTS EPW in daily mobility tasks. Objective 3: Perform Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) wheelchair standards testing for PPTS EPW stability and performance.
methodsFifteen professional and family caregivers, experienced in assisting EPW users, performed transfers between the bed and EPW using the PPTS. Subsequently, participants drove the PPTS EPW providing ratings on the ease of performing mobility tasks. Wheelchair testing was conducted following RESNA standards.
setting: Simulated bedroom in a laboratory setting.
resultsParticipants reported low workload demands for employing the PPTS and indicated a preference for the PPTS over existing transfer devices/methods. Ease of performing everyday mobility tasks was not significantly different between the modified PPTS and the commercially available original manufacturer equipment EPW (
conclusionThe PPTS demonstrated promise in offering a practical, low demanding, and safe solution for transfers. It has the potential to enhance user and caregiver safety by reducing the incidence of caregiver injuries associated with assisting in transfer tasks. In addition to its efficiency and ease of use, it is an advancement in assistive technology for wheelchair transfers.
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