User Centered Portable Suspension Therapy Unit Design & Testing on Healthy Volunteers.

Mahalingam, Kaviarasu; Jayabalan, Karthikeyan; Vamsi, Sree; Yu Chye Wah; Lie Mun, Angeline Qnah; Khor Yi Wei; Tan, Winnie

Background: Suspension is a therapeutic skill that suspends a body and eliminates effects of friction to ease the movements. It is very beneficial in both musculoskeletal and neurological field. Objective: To make suspension therapy more accessible for a physiotherapist domestically which provide an opportunity for patient to receive suspension therapy in any occasion. Study Design: Pilot study. Sample Size: 30 healthy subjects from Hospital or AIMST University (with various body sizes). Discussion: The overall satisfaction level for the Portable Suspension Kit is pleasant. The subjects acknowledge that suspension therapy helps to improve range of motion and is suitable for home rehabilitation and both statements score the highest which is 3.9667±0.66868 out of 5. On the contrary, the subjects agree less on the stability of the frame which results show 3.7±0.98786 out of 5. Whereas, for R.A. tracker, the outcome of accuracy level turned out to be 65.2% which is of moderate range and the result is acceptable for a new prototype. P > 0.652 is not statistically significant due to the sensor sensitivity of calibration. Thus, we strongly agree that the deficiency needed to be improved to allow accurate visual feedback. Conclusion: The making of 'Portable Suspension Kit' is successful and indeed is convenient to carry around. Suspension therapy can now be widely used in any occasion on the patients. Nevertheless, it still has more to improve especially on the stability and the material used to make it safer, lighter and easier to carry.

TEST design; RANGE of motion of joints; UNIVERSITY hospitals; VOLUNTEER service; BODY size; PSYCHOLOGICAL feedback

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 4, p7812

0973-9122

Academic Journal

10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12878