ZHANG,JIA YUAN
HungKuang University Department of Computer Science and Information Management
Email：u1045147@hk.edu.tw
WEN,JIE LIN
HungKuang University Department of Physical Therapy
Email：queeniewwn@gmail.com
Han-Wen Tuan
HungKuang University Department of Computer Science and Information Management
Email：dancathy@hk.edu.tw
Abstract
According to statistics from the Central Health Insurance Department (2015), patients undergoing hip replacement surgery in Taiwan ranged from 7,122 in 1999 to 8,384 in 103. The growth rate was approximately 17% during the period, and nearly 90% of the replacement population was older than 65 years old. With the increase in the number of middle-aged people, the number of patients has increased year by year. Therefore, hip replacement is not only an issue that needs attention for the elderly, but also a topic that everyone needs to pay attention to. Surgery is one of the treatments, and the most worrying after surgery is nothing more than complications and sequelae. Therefore, some daily operations of the patients need to be avoided to prevent secondary surgery.
Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, this study developed a “Hypoplastic Replacement Medical Care Early Warning System” and used an Inertial Measurement Unit to detect the somatosensory value and send the data to the mobile phone via Bluetooth. The judgement of the posture is finally provided by the mobile phone to help the patient monitor the bad posture. When the patient is in poor posture or may cause dislocation of the hip joint, the system will give out vibration and sound prompts to remind the patient to correct his posture and avoid dislocation of the hip joint. Finally, through this prototype system, it is expected that the problem of joint dislocation caused by poor postoperative posture can be effectively reduced, and the time, effort, and money spent on postoperative care can be reduced.
Keywords :Hip replacement, IMU, Care Warning System