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After spending fifteen years as an auto mechanic, College of Health Professions Associate Professor John Damiao shifted gears to become an occupational therapist. While the intersection between the worlds of auto garages and occupational therapy may not necessarily be thought of as a traditionally interdisciplinary realm, the combination of these two experiences have informed how Damiao approaches his work男女操逼视频软件攁nd in particular, his recent innovative research.
Damiao has spent the past several years figuring out ways to provide added comfort and reduce pain for wheelchair users through what is called custom-contour seating. In effect, Damiao is hoping to help promote a paradigm shift in how wheelchair seats are constructed, to better assist the user.
男女操逼视频软件淐ustom contoured seating refers to wheelchair seating systems to fit people with severe deformities男女操逼视频软件攚hether its postural or a skeletal deformity, and they can男女操逼视频软件檛 sit in a typical linear wheelchair seating system because it would cause discomfort, or eventually cause pressure ulcers because of the mismatching of their shape to what is a typical wheelchair seat shape.男女操逼视频软件 explains Damiao.
Wheelchairs are often constructed through the development of a customized cushion男女操逼视频软件攎any of which must be formed to meet the specific shape of the wheelchair user, using what is called the molding bag method. Through this process, a wheelchair user is sat in a molding bag, and the imprint of their shape in the molding is used to make the seat. Damiao男女操逼视频软件檚 research involves developing a novel way to capture a person男女操逼视频软件檚 shape, in order to make a more accurate custom seat that better represents their shape, as compared to the molding bag method.
男女操逼视频软件淭raditionally, the wheelchair user is sat in a molding bag that makes an imprint of their shape on a very soft molding bag,男女操逼视频软件 said Damiao. 男女操逼视频软件淭he bag is hardened, and that bag shape is scanned, sent off to a company and they make a cushion from that imprint.男女操逼视频软件
While this method is considered standard across the industry, Damiao notes that it has a major shortcoming: the mold is taken while the person is sitting in a loaded fashion. Meaning, that the shape being captured is inherently compromised, which could increase pressure on certain tendons or muscles. By scanning a patient directly instead of having them sit in a molding bag, this problem could be solved.
男女操逼视频软件淭he problem is the person is still sitting in a loaded fashion and their body contours are being distorted from sitting in a loaded fashion,男女操逼视频软件 he says. 男女操逼视频软件淭he innovation in my research is scanning the person directly, or in an unloaded position, which should make for a more accurate custom contoured seat.男女操逼视频软件
This adjustment can potentially have major positive effects on both an individual and collective level. For one, it would provide increased comfort and reduce the threat of pressure injury for the user. And on a larger level, this innovation can help lower the staggering cost of pressure injuries.
男女操逼视频软件淚f you or I sit on a hard chair for several hours, we get uncomfortable, shift our weight男女操逼视频软件 somebody who is in a wheelchair may not have the luxury to do their own weight shifting. They男女操逼视频软件檙e prone to getting skin breakdowns, commonly known as bed sores or pressure ulcers. These pressure ulcers and injuries kill 60,000 people per year to this day. It男女操逼视频软件檚 still a problem男女操逼视频软件攊t男女操逼视频软件檚 a $10,000,000,000 per year industry problem.男女操逼视频软件
These pressure ulcers and injuries kill 60,000 people per year to this day. It男女操逼视频软件檚 still a problem男女操逼视频软件攊t男女操逼视频软件檚 a $10,000,000,000 per year industry problem.男女操逼视频软件
In addition to his work on custom contour seating, Damiao recently published impactful work involving pressure cushions男女操逼视频软件攃ushions specifically designed to reduce sores. Damiao did a systematic review of what男女操逼视频软件檚 currently on the market, going a step further than traditional measures to determine which pressure cushions are actually effective.
男女操逼视频软件淢ost of this research happens in a lab,男女操逼视频软件 says Damiao. 男女操逼视频软件淚 can test the different types of cushions and try to see which ones seem to be the best at relieving pressure using fancy technology, such as pressure mapping systems, but they男女操逼视频软件檙e really just proxy measures, fake measures of actual pressure relief. You男女操逼视频软件檙e not going to know whether that cushion is actually good at relieving pressure until you give it to a bunch of people and hope they don男女操逼视频软件檛 get pressure ulcers. I looked at pressure relieving injuries using proxy measures, as well as taking into consideration that those are just proxy measures男女操逼视频软件攚hat are the cushions that actually relieve pressures with real patients?男女操逼视频软件
As a 21st century occupational therapist, Damiao understands that, while academic research is vital and will continue to be vital, it is just as important to be able to leverage technological advances to implement changes rapidly. He hopes that increased interdisciplinary collaboration男女操逼视频软件攆or instance, better collaboration between those developing healthcare technologies and researchers男女操逼视频软件攃an help take the theoretical into the practical much faster, and thus positively impact lives.
男女操逼视频软件淭hat男女操逼视频软件檚 an area that needs to be improved, said Damiao. 男女操逼视频软件淯s being able to collaborate more interdisciplinarily so that we can create technologies we can男女操逼视频软件檛 think of in a silo, but also to make sure that patients benefit more quickly from these innovations.男女操逼视频软件
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