Low-cost Biomechanical System for Posture Rectification using IoT Technology

Astocondor-Villar J.; Grados J.; Mendoza-Apaza F.; Chavez-Sanchez W.; Narciso-Gomez K.; Grados-Espinoza A.; Pascual-Panduro P. · ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (2023) · DOI: 10.1145/3592307.3592350

Resumen

Today's technology has allowed us to have within our reach services and experiences that previously could only be offered by specialized centers due to their high cost of manufacture and acquisition. Therefore, there are devices with which it is possible to monitor our cardiac system, inadequate postures, muscular ailments and nervous activity, among others. Now that our habits have changed and work and studies are done from home due to the pandemic that happened, it is common to suffer ailments in various parts of our body, most commonly in the back, for this reason it is necessary to adopt healthy habits such as a correct body posture in order to reduce the risks related to our spine and the development of injuries that derive from this. This scientific article deals with the design, simulation and construction of a low-cost IoT posture corrector, with commercial electronic materials, its effectiveness was evaluated through the analysis of cost-benefit, comfort and efficiency of the device by means of a perception of part of some tests performed to a total of 12 people during the period of 8 weeks. Satisfactory results were obtained with 75% comfort of use and 75% effectiveness by means of a rating scale evaluation.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional del Callao