Design And Development Of Internet Of Things (IoT) Enabled Wheelchair Inclination And Geolocation For Wheeler Rehabilitation Fitness Assessment

Lai, Moon Chin (2017) Design And Development Of Internet Of Things (IoT) Enabled Wheelchair Inclination And Geolocation For Wheeler Rehabilitation Fitness Assessment. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Rehabilitation is a treatment designed to facilitate the process of recovery from injury,illness,or disease to as normal a condition as possible.[1]Learning how to be mobile and live independently with wheelchair is the main aim of rehabilitation for those who suffered lower limbs impairment from spinal cord injury (SCI).However, currently there is no suitable system that capable to monitor the training condition of wheeler throughout the rehabilitation treatment.This report presents the design and development of a fitness assessment system which allow physiotherapist to monitor the rehabilitation progress of their patients closely.By implementing gyroscope together with accelerometer,the terrain slope can be identified.With this inclination data, physiotherapist able to detect the difficulty level such as an inclined ramp that encountered by wheeler who undergoes rehabilitation training.Depressed patient with cognitive thinking tends to give up and roams around during training session. Geolocation routing is achieved with a GPS module and Google Map API to track down the location of wheeler.A mobile application applying Bluetooth technology is developed for automated data collection from Arduino 101 and Polar H7 heart rate sensor.By using the mature internet of things (IoT) technology, the system is able to perform real-time monitoring of patient and connecting the patient with physiotherapist.Patient’s rehabilitation progress will be improved when physiotherapist use their professionalism to provide accurate assessment based on the quantitative and qualitative feedback from the monitoring system.

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