Biomechanical assessment of sitting pivot transfer tasks using a newly developed instrumented transfer system among long-term wheelchair users

Journal of Biomechanics
Dany GagnonLuc Noreau

Abstract

This paper describes the technical characteristics of a transfer assessment system, along with details on three-dimensional (3D) upper extremity (U/E) kinematics required to compute U/E joint forces and moments using inverse dynamics during a displacement of the body in a sitting position from an initial surface to a target one (sitting pivot transfer (SPT)). This system includes five instrumented surfaces designed to measure position (center of pressure (COP)), magnitude and direction of the tri-axial force components underneath the feet, hands (leading and trailing) and buttocks (initial and target seats) during SPTs. Linearity, COP position and natural frequency tests were performed to confirm the accuracy of the transfer assessment system outcomes. Preliminary data of one person with spinal cord injury performing SPTs toward a target seat of same height (50 cm) and additional ones toward a raised target seat (60 cm) are presented. The transfer assessment system was found to be safe, versatile in terms of height- and width-adjustment ranges, portable within a laboratory environment, easy for experienced rehabilitation scientists to use, and allowed for valid quantification of reaction forces during SPTs as confirmed by the o...Continue Reading

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