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The ability to walk among people with disabilities and frail persons makes it difficult for them to engage in certain activities. Frail persons are classified as elderly people who have difficulties in balancing their bodies and have muscle weakness due to aging factor. Therefore, a walking aid is needed to help them to walk, improving the mobility and rehabilitation. The commercial walking aid has been developed to assist a person with disability and frail persons. However, this walking aid can be much improved. In this work, a new design has been proposed. The use of anthropometric data of elderly people has been taken into consideration in the design process. As for the structure, the critical parts of the walking aid have been examined using finite element analysis. To ensure that the new design is capable to be used, fabrication has been done according to the new design and a complete walking aid named “Guide Walker” has been produced and tested. As a result, the walking aid has a better performance compared with the existing product according to the ergonomic criteria. For the simulation result of some critical parts, the result shows that for the sitting part may accommodate 70% of the person’s total body while for the armrest part is 10%. Finally, it can be concluded that the use of anthropometric data together with structure analysis is important in order to develop suitable specifications and ergonomically designed products for an elderly and disabled person and also helping them improving their movement.

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Design and Development of an Innovative Walking Aid for Disabilities

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    2025年

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  • Muhammad Naim Hakim Ropidon,
  • Ahmad Kamal Ismail,
  • Khairul Akmal Shamsuddin,
  • Khairul Shahril Shaffee,
  • Mohd Faizal Abu Talib,
  • Nor Haslina Ibrahim,
  • Ayub Ahmed Janvekar

摘要

The ability to walk among people with disabilities and frail persons makes it difficult for them to engage in certain activities. Frail persons are classified as elderly people who have difficulties in balancing their bodies and have muscle weakness due to aging factor. Therefore, a walking aid is needed to help them to walk, improving the mobility and rehabilitation. The commercial walking aid has been developed to assist a person with disability and frail persons. However, this walking aid can be much improved. In this work, a new design has been proposed. The use of anthropometric data of elderly people has been taken into consideration in the design process. As for the structure, the critical parts of the walking aid have been examined using finite element analysis. To ensure that the new design is capable to be used, fabrication has been done according to the new design and a complete walking aid named “Guide Walker” has been produced and tested. As a result, the walking aid has a better performance compared with the existing product according to the ergonomic criteria. For the simulation result of some critical parts, the result shows that for the sitting part may accommodate 70% of the person’s total body while for the armrest part is 10%. Finally, it can be concluded that the use of anthropometric data together with structure analysis is important in order to develop suitable specifications and ergonomically designed products for an elderly and disabled person and also helping them improving their movement.