Abstract
Assistive motion for sit-to-stand causes lower back pain (LBP) among caregivers. Considering previous studies that showed that foot position adjustment could reduce lumbar load during assistive motion for sit-to-stand, quantitative monitoring of and instructions on foot position could contribute toward reducing LBP among caregivers. The present study proposes and evaluates a new method for the quantitative measurement of foot position during assistive motion for sit-to-stand using a few wearable sensors that are not limited to the measurement area. The proposed method measures quantitative foot position (anteroposterior and mediolateral distance between both feet) through a machine learning technique using features obtained from only a single inertial sensor on the trunk and shoe-type force sensors. During the experiment, the accuracy of the proposed method was investigated by comparing the obtained values with those from an optical motion capture system. The results showed that the proposed method produced only minor errors (less than 6.5% of body height) when measuring foot position during assistive motion for sit-to-stand. Furthermore, Bland–Altman plots suggested no fixed errors between the proposed method and the optical motion capture system. These results suggest that the proposed method could be utilized for measuring foot position during assistive motion for sit-to-stand.
Highlights
IntroductionLower Back Pain due to Assistive Motion for Sit-to-Stand
lower back pain (LBP) caused by patient handling tasks, including assistive motion for sit-to-stand [1]
There were no significant differences that were seen for the errors of the proposed method and zero (Table 9). These results indicate that the proposed method involving the use of wearable sensors and a machine learning technique can effectively measure foot positions
Summary
Lower Back Pain due to Assistive Motion for Sit-to-Stand. Assistive motion for sit-to-stand causes lower back pain (LBP) among caregivers due to heavy manual lifting [1,2]. Smedley et al reported that 69% of nurses experienced. LBP caused by patient handling tasks, including assistive motion for sit-to-stand [1]. Our investigation on occupational injury revealed that caregivers experience
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