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Introducción: El avance tecnológico permite desarrollar equipos tecnológicos y ayudas técnicas que apoyen el tratamiento dirigido a un paciente. Objetivo: Generar un algoritmo para desarrollar dispositivos mecatrónicos como ayudas técnicas para personas con discapacidad física. Métodos: Se tomó como base una clasificación del diseño de estudio de tipo descriptivo, para la propuesta de una metodología de diseño e implementación de dispositivos de ayuda técnica en personas con distrofia muscular. La propuesta hace referencia al conjunto de técnicas, procedimientos y soportes documentales empleados en el diseño de sistemas de ayuda técnica, donde se integran aspectos diversos de tal forma que el proceso global sea lógico y comprensible. Resultados: El diseño obtenido comprende el desarrollo de cuatro metodologías, que inician con el proceso investigativo, luego el dispositivo mecánico, después el sistema electrónico y finaliza con el sistema de comunicación. Se dan pautas para generar cada uno de los componentes del sistema y lograr obtener un dispositivo funcional. El diseño fue probado con resultados favorables. Conclusiones: En el área de rehabilitación física, se combinan los conocimientos médicos con los ingenieriles para obtener soluciones tecnológicas que facilitan las labores a personas con discapacidad física. El diseño desarrollado, al contar con un conjunto ordenado de operaciones sistemáticas y una serie de pautas específicas para la ejecución de actividades, donde se cursan una serie de etapas, permite solucionar el tipo de problemas de referencia(AU)
Introduction: The technological advance allows developing technological equipment and technical aids that support the treatment directed to a patient. Objective: Generate an algorithm to develop mechatronic devices as technical aids for people with physical disabilities. Methods: A descriptive study design classification was used as a basis for the proposal of a methodology for the design and implementation of technical assistance devices in people with muscular dystrophy. The proposal refers to the set of techniques, procedures and documentary supports used in the design of technical assistance systems, where diverse aspects are integrated in such a way that the overall process is logical and understandable. Results: The design obtained includes the development of four methodologies, which begin with the investigative process, then the mechanical device, then the electronic system and ends with the communication system. Guidelines are given to generate each of the components of the system and achieve a functional device. The design was tested with favorable results. Conclusions: In the area of physical rehabilitation, medical and engineering knowledge are combined to obtain technological solutions that facilitate the work of people with physical disabilities. The developed design, having an ordered set of systematic operations and a series of specific guidelines for the execution of activities, where a series of stages are taken, allows solving the type of reference problems(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Self-Help Devices , Medical Informatics/methods , Medical Informatics Applications , Disabled Persons/rehabilitation , Equipment Design/instrumentation , Muscular Dystrophies/rehabilitation , Epidemiology, Descriptive , ColombiaABSTRACT
The effect and significance of rehabilitation technical aids are growing with the population aging. Recently, the State Council of China has released several documents about the industrial development of Chinese rehabilitation technical aids, and proposed new requirements on the innovation in this field. Biomechanics plays an important role in rehabilitation technical aids, including exercise rehabilitation training system, orthotic device, artificial limb, walking aid, etc. In this special issue, several biomechanical papers about rehabilitation and rehabilitation technical aids are included，to provide references for rehabilitation engineering and rehabilitation technical aids.
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En el presente artículo se realiza una revisión acerca de la Primera Infancia en situación de discapacidad en Chile, se abordarán los programas de gobierno que existen, su actual enfoque y se analizará si las soluciones que ofrecen son pertinentes y eficientes para este importante grupo de niños y niñas. El trabajo toma como marco de referencia la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas en Situación de Discapacidad, con el fin de evaluar el estado de los derechos de estos niños y si los programas de gobierno garantizan lo convenido en ambas convenciones.
In this article we review the current Chilean government programs about early childhood with disability. The current focus of these programs will be addressed in order to analyze whether the solutions they provide are relevant and efficient for this significant group of children. This article takes as a reference the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disability, to assess the state of the rights of these children and whether government programs guarantee what is enshrined in both conventions.
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Humans , Child, Preschool , Disabled Children/legislation & jurisprudence , Disabled Children/rehabilitation , Disabled Children/statistics & numerical data , National Health Programs , Child Advocacy , Chile , Child Protective Services , Government Programs , Health PolicyABSTRACT
Rehabilitation technical aids have great significance in improving life quality of people with disability and reducing burdens of care for family and society. Nowadays, the policy, research funding and industrial environment in China all provide a good chance for rehabilitation technical aids research, which has already made great progress. Biomechanics plays an important role in design of rehabilitation technical aids. On the one hand, biomechanics can provide important references for measurement and evaluation on biomechanical characteristics of physical disabilities, so the design of rehabilitation technical aids can meet the requirements of maintaining or improving biomechanical functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. On the other hand, the biomechanical interaction between human body and rehabilitation technical aids should also be considered carefully during the optimization of design. As an introduction to this special issue on rehabilitation, this paper will briefly review the progress of rehabilitation technical aids research in recent years in China, and then introduce some biomechanical researches in development of rehabilitation technical aids.
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En este artículo relacionamos el fenómeno del envejecimiento de la población con el uso de las nuevas tecnologías como indicador clave del progreso del mundo actual. Se aportan argumentos acerca de la necesidad de planificar las políticas dirigidas a las personas mayores contando con las tecnologías de información y la comunicación, así como con las tecnologías de ayuda para potenciar la integración sociofamiliar, la autonomía personal y la calidad de vida. Esto supone de hecho un paso más, y muy importante, con relación a las actuales políticas económicas, sanitarias o asistenciales.
In this article we relate the phenomenon of population aging to the use of new technologies as an important indicator of the progress of the current world, contributing arguments about the need to plan the policies directed to the major persons considering the technologies of information and the communication and the technologies of help to promote the family and social integration, the personal autonomy and the quality of life, that supposes in fact one more step, and very importantly, on the current economic, sanitary or welfare policies.