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The Strategy to Encourage the Bed Ridden Paraplegic Patient to Keep Fit at Home with the Development of Exercise Machine 



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Seekaow Churproong, Pornsiri Jongkol, Komsun Pasayadej, Supawan Chadsarin, Pattra Wattanapan, Patanit Watakit, Athitaya Kittiwattanasak and Waranya Sinjariyanon

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DOI:10.17265/2332-7839/2016.06.005

Major drawbacks in caring for patients with physical limitations is that the conventional machines being used in most hospitals look like cages and the features and functions are not convenient for the user at home. As a result, the bed ridden paraplegic patients are unable to use the machines contently. The aim of this research is to show a solution to caring for bed ridden paraplegic patients, in order for them to keep fit at home, and to develop the exercise machine based on the disabled patients’ needs—focusing on, full function, strength, safety and its practical usage. The method of study consists of five steps as follows: (1) home visiting for collecting general data, (2) checking the patient’s ability and surveying patient’s requirement, (3) setting ultimate goals from multi-professionals including family physician, rehabilitation doctor, physiotherapist, nurses and engineers, (4) designing the machine using software and building the prototype, and (5) testing a machine at the patient’s home. The result of satisfaction after re-strengthening for a month was compared, at different times, between two disabled male patients of different ages and level of spine injury using two different types of exercise machines: MODEL1 and 2. One solution in dealing with health problems of the bed ridden paraplegic patients is a well-developed exercise programme from the multidisciplinary team. This helps the patients to exercise as suggested by diet, mental health support, as well as, exercise equipment which can provide many other benefits to bed ridden paraplegic patients. Moreover, with the development of the exercise machine, corrects inequality in health for handicap patients, specifically to tantamount with normal patients.

Inequality in health, exercise machine, paralysed patients.