A feasibility study on using a Kinect-based human motion tracking system to promote safe patient handling

Wenbing Zhao; Qing Wu; Deborah D Espy; M Ann Reinthal; Xiong Luo; Yonghong Peng

doi:10.1109/EIT.2017.8053406

A feasibility study on using a Kinect-based human motion tracking system to promote safe patient handling

Wenbing Zhao
, Qing Wu
, Deborah D Espy
, M Ann Reinthal
, Xiong Luo
, Yonghong Peng

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Lower back injuries are prevalent among healthcare professionals, especially nursing assistants working in skilled nursing facilities. Previous studies have shown that by using good body mechanics in pulling and lifting, one can significantly reduce the risk of lower back injuries. In this paper, we report a feasibility study on using a low-cost human motion tracking system to promote safe patient handling in skilled nursing facilities. The system is designed specifically to track nursing assistants for improper bending activities and alert them whenever such a wrong activity is detected in realtime. The objective of the feasibility study is to characterize the reliability of the system in two respects: (1) whether or not the system can consistently and accurately detect wrong activities, and (2) whether or not the system can ensure the privacy of the patients and other visitors entering a given room. In addition to confirming good system reliability, this feasibility study provides us valuable feedback regarding areas of improvements before the deployment of the system at our partnering skilled nursing facility.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology
Place of Publication	usa
Publisher	IEEE Computer [email protected]
Pages	462-466
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509047673
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2017.8053406
State	Published - Sep 27 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, EIT 2017 - Lincoln, United States Duration: May 14 2017 → May 17 2017

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, EIT 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lincoln
Period	05/14/17 → 05/17/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Alerts
Body Mechanics
Finite State Machine
Human Motion Tracking
Lower Back Injury
Microsoft Kinect
Patient Privacy
Safe Patient Handling

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Zhao, W, Wu, Q, Espy, DD, Reinthal, MA, Luo, X & Peng, Y 2017, A feasibility study on using a Kinect-based human motion tracking system to promote safe patient handling. in IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology., 8053406, IEEE Computer [email protected], usa, pp. 462-466, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, EIT 2017, Lincoln, United States, 05/14/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/EIT.2017.8053406

A feasibility study on using a Kinect-based human motion tracking system to promote safe patient handling. / Zhao, Wenbing; Wu, Qing; Espy, Deborah D et al.
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