Research On The Design Of Postoperative Rehabilitation Walkers For The Elderly Under The Concept Of Inclusiveness

With the progress of science and the development of the times,China has gradually entered the aging society,and the problems brought about by the elderly are also growing,the most prominent problem is the decline of physical function of the elderly and the occurrence of various chronic diseases,resulting in frequent problems of elderly lower limb disorders.In response to such problems,mobility aids are widely used in rehabilitation hospitals as stable support rehabilitation medical devices.For the recovery stage of postoperative rehabilitation of elderly lower limb disorders,walker is an auxiliary product with excellent support performance and good stability,which can effectively maintain the balance and stability of the user’s body.However,at present,the existing walkers have certain limitations,which can only be applied to the auxiliary support of active walking in the later rehabilitation stage of patients,and cannot meet the exercise needs of the elderly with lower limb disorders for three different stages of postoperative rehabilitation:before,during and after surgery.Therefore,it is necessary to use the concept of inclusive design to redesign the existing walkers and design walkers that meet the needs of the elderly for postoperative rehabilitation of lower limb disorders.After doing full questionnaire research and field investigation in the market,it was found that the existing walker products temporarily excluded patients from lower limb surgery rehabilitation,in order to achieve product inclusiveness and serve more users,the inclusive design concept was selected as the theoretical support of this paper,and the advantage of the inclusive design concept is that the special needs of some vulnerable groups are also considered in the process of designing for ordinary users,so as to better serve people.Through the analysis of the physiological characteristics of the research subjects and the postoperative rehabilitation needs of lower limbs,combined with the exercise methods of lower limb function recovery,the research scheme and design route to assist the lower limb motor rehabilitation of the elderly were proposed.This paper mainly studies the target user of postoperative rehabilitation of patients with lower limb disorders,and studies the rehabilitation walker for lower limb disorders from the perspective of user experience.Firstly,the causes and symptoms of lower limb disorders in the elderly group were analyzed,the rehabilitation training requirements of patients with lower limb disorders were analyzed,and the existing rehabilitation walking aids were classified and sorted out,and the characteristics of existing products were discussed.Secondly,the elderly with lower limb disabilities were investigated and analyzed,user portraits were established,follow-up surveys were conducted,and the behavioral characteristics and habits of such users when using rehabilitation walkers were observed on the spot;The POSTA user observation and analysis method is used to comprehensively analyze the rehabilitation exercise scene of the user,and on this basis,the user experience model is established to comprehensively summarize the pain points of the user in the rehabilitation exercise process.Finally,according to the previous research,the design specifications of rehabilitation walkers were proposed,and the scheme design was carried out,and a relatively complete design of postoperative rehabilitation walkers was completed.