Wearable optical sensor for low back pain monitoring

Erna Bistari, Ahmad Tamizi and Mohd Anwar, Zawawi and Roszitaida, Adzemin (2021) Wearable optical sensor for low back pain monitoring. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics. 8th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, ICEEI 2021 , 12 - 13 October 2021 , Kuala Terengganu. pp. 1-7.. ISSN 2155-6830 (Published)

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Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the major issues related to health problems among adults especially people of working age range. Manual therapy is one of the approaches in treating LBP, aside from exercise, biofeedback, relaxation, massage, and rehabilitation. It is often conducted by physiotherapist or chiropractor to encourage joint mobilization of the spine under a controlled environment. To effectively monitor the progress of spine recovery in LBP treatment, certain device is required to assist the physiotherapist in collecting related static and dynamic spine data. Conventional ways to get the spine data are by using X-ray and MRI, but they are less preferable for repetitive use due to expensive and may cause skin irritation. Alternative devices for this application include goniometer, inclinometer, tape measure as well as spine mouse. Although these options are low cost, manual handling of the devices by inexperienced users will result in inaccurate spine data collection. The aim of this paper is to study and compare the performance of several spine monitoring devices that have been developed by past researchers and then to propose an alternative solution of spine monitoring sensor based on optical sensor that could provide continuous data of the spine kinematics. A sensor design using a microbending optical fibre technique could potentially give various advantages because of the small sensor size and low cost needed for sensor component assembly which will only use a visible wavelength LED and photodiode, and less affected to external signal interference.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Optical fibre sensor; Plastic optical fibre; Spine monitoring; Wearable system
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Faculty/Division:	College of Engineering Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology
Depositing User:	Mr Muhamad Firdaus Janih@Jaini
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2024 04:44
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2024 04:44
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42428
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