Design and development of intelligent knee brace for monitoring daily activities

Studies have shown that prolonged period of sitting down in addition to inactive lifestyle is detrimental to the health. Getting up to move around after every 30 minutes can reduce the risks of prolonged sitting on human health. However, due to being engrossed in what they are doing, people can ofte...

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Main Author: Lim, Wen Xi
Other Authors: Low Kin Huat
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74662
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description Studies have shown that prolonged period of sitting down in addition to inactive lifestyle is detrimental to the health. Getting up to move around after every 30 minutes can reduce the risks of prolonged sitting on human health. However, due to being engrossed in what they are doing, people can often forget that they need to get up after long period of time. This project explores the design and development of an intelligent knee brace that can detect sitting and standing positions, and remind the user to get up and move around after sitting down for 30 minutes. The project looks into low-cost sensors instead of the high-tech motion capturing systems, so as to keep the knee brace affordable for the masses. The report will present the background information, literature review, hardware design, data acquisition, algorithm and testing, results and discussion, followed by conclusion with future developments.
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spelling ntu-10356/746622023-03-04T19:01:01Z Design and development of intelligent knee brace for monitoring daily activities Lim, Wen Xi Low Kin Huat School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering Studies have shown that prolonged period of sitting down in addition to inactive lifestyle is detrimental to the health. Getting up to move around after every 30 minutes can reduce the risks of prolonged sitting on human health. However, due to being engrossed in what they are doing, people can often forget that they need to get up after long period of time. This project explores the design and development of an intelligent knee brace that can detect sitting and standing positions, and remind the user to get up and move around after sitting down for 30 minutes. The project looks into low-cost sensors instead of the high-tech motion capturing systems, so as to keep the knee brace affordable for the masses. The report will present the background information, literature review, hardware design, data acquisition, algorithm and testing, results and discussion, followed by conclusion with future developments. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2018-05-23T01:33:33Z 2018-05-23T01:33:33Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74662 en Nanyang Technological University 52 p. application/pdf
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