Title :
Sustainable service design of rehabilitation aids
Author :
Li, Jian ; Li, Hui ; Zhao, Yan-jun ; Tao, Chun-jing
Author_Institution :
Dept. Res. Manage., Nat. Res. Center for Rehabilitation Tech. Aids, Beijing, China
Abstract :
Sustainability is the mainstream of future design. For the design of rehabilitation aids, it not only reflects a sustainable realization of material products, but also reflects a sustainable design of comprehensive service system and model. Based on disabled people´s physical and psychological characteristics, this article combined with concepts which the aids related, further expanding the scope of rehabilitation services and proposing a concept of “sustainable service design of rehabilitation aids”. This is extremely beneficial to future development of rehabilitation aids, and also playing a facilitating role for promotion of the sustainable design.
Keywords :
design for disassembly; handicapped aids; patient rehabilitation; psychology; comprehensive service system; disabled peoples; material products; psychology; rehabilitation aids; sustainable service design; Adaptation models; Green design; Materials; Prosthetics; Psychology; Training; Wheelchairs; aids; rehabilitation aids; service; sustainable; sustainable design;
Conference_Titel :
IT in Medicine and Education (ITME), 2011 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cuangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/ITiME.2011.6130851
