Diseño y simulación de un sistema estructural de bambú para rehabilitación física.

Abstract

Physiotherapy by means of body suspension systems has been used since ancient times to correct alterations in human locomotion. This activity involves hard work for both the patient and the physiatrist, for this reason, this project intended to design and simulation of a bamboo structural system for physical rehabilitation. The purpose of the system is to perform physical therapy to an injured person from home, avoiding long waiting times and high costs to access rehabilitation services, also avoids complications in the moving to rehabilitation centers and facilitating therapies. First, a theoretical review was carried out about alterations in human locomotion caused by spinal cord injuries, the different rehabilitation systems used in the currently, as well as those used in hospitals in Ecuador, the production process was also reviewed and the different applications in bamboo engineering in the country. Subsequently, based on the needs and recommendations of a person with spinal cord injury, the technical characteristics of the system were established and ranked through house of quality, an optimal solution was obtained. Then, the dimensioning of the system’s manufacturing elements, selection of standardized elements was carried out. Also, the drawings were developed using Autodesk Inventor software. Finally, a simulation was carried out using the Ansys Mechanical software to compare and corroborate the information obtained from the dimensioning.