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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ERGOMETRIC PROTOTYPE TO ASSIST IN PHYSICAL ACTITIVIES OF PEOPLE WITH PARAPLEGIA IN ORDER TO COMBAT OBESITY AND CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASES
Submission Author:
Manuelle da Silva Serejo , MA
Co-Authors:
KEYLL MARTINS, Gleydson Hiago Sousa Oliveira, Evandro Martins, Carlos Vital Pinto Costa Junior, Kaio Lourenço Teixeira Barbosa, Anthony Soares de Alencar, Manuelle da Silva Serejo
Presenter: Manuelle da Silva Serejo
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2268
Abstract
Obesity is a problem for many Brazilians, and the percentage of disabled people who are overweight is twice or three times higher than obese people with normal mobility, according to the research of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) disclosed in 2010 [1]. In public areas of São Luís-MA, in Brazil, there is equipment suitable for physical exercises, for example, Bom Menino Park and Litorênea Avenue, although, the equipment allow to exercise only people without disabilities, they are not adapted for a wheelchair user. In an attempt to contribute with paraplegic people on overcoming their difficulties, self-esteem improvement and health so was elaborated and developed an ergometric prototype which allows the execution of physical activities of wheelchair users’ upper limbs. The ergometric prototype was designed regarding the improvements on the physical condition of the wheelchair user, with the purpose to narrow the relation between wheelchair users and physical activities. This equipment will provide to the user an physical exercise similar to vertical brench press. The equipment presented, during its construction, a satisfactory result, however, the efficiency related to physical rehabilitation of the user will be verified with the help of monitoring equipment, such as heart rate and blood pressure meter, which the wheelchair will use while they practice the physical test exercises on the equipment, accompanied by a physiotherapist, who will evaluate the user performance and a workplace safety professional.
Keywords
biomechanics, Ergometric prototype, Obesity, Paraplegia, Physical activities
