Verification of the functional effect of upright pelvis fixed support system dining chair with independence support function corresponding to eating and drinking trouble of the elderly

Junichi Fukaura,Tetsuji Tetsushi,Hideo Kaneko,Takeshi Nanba,Yasuhiko Takeda

doi:10.36502/2019/asjbccr.6153

Abstract

Information on smooth swallowing posture and swallowing function training is described in the medical literature. A dining chair was developed in Japan to protect the elderly from aspiration and aspiration pneumonia. We thought that if the function effect of the dining chair was actually exhibited, it would be vital information to all the elderly whose swallowing function continues to decline. We tried the verification test with electromyograph about the actual functional effect of the developed dining chair. Eating with the neck forward flexion (NFF) posture by the upright pelvis fixed support has shown a smooth swallowing effect which can be valuable information to elderly people around the world, whose swallowing function continues to decline.

Highlights

The rapid increase of aspiration and aspiration pneumonia in the elderly is a major social problem in Japan, and the elderly aged 70 and over who are hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia has reached 20,000 per day [1]
These aspirations take the life of healthy elderly people in an instant and continue to create elderly people in need of nursing care after long-term hospitalization with pneumonia
A dining chair has been developed in Japan that has cleared all six items defined by Dr Siebens

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Introduction

The rapid increase of aspiration and aspiration pneumonia in the elderly is a major social problem in Japan, and the elderly aged 70 and over who are hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia has reached 20,000 per day [1]. These aspirations take the life of healthy elderly people in an instant and continue to create elderly people in need of nursing care (wheelchair life, bedridden life) after long-term hospitalization with pneumonia. Dr Siebens has defined the correct eating posture to prevent aspiration in six terms [2]. The developed chair is a new structure system dining chair that keeps theupright pelvic both ischial

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