The Assistive Device for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Main Authors: Yu-Chen, Hsueh, 薛毓晟
• Other Authors: Max, Wu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90096402115936667021

碩士 === 華梵大學 === 工業設計學系碩士班 === 98 === The computer is extremely general used in modern society. There are many diseases being discovered. One of these diseases, which is called carpal tunnel syndrome is the most often to be heard in the computer users. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a disease suffered in workers who use keyboard or mouse in the wrong posture for a lengthy time. Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most commonly known repetitive stress injuries in workers. According to the report of the National Health Service, almost five percentages of women, three percentages of men have the carpal tunnel syndrome. Moreover, the percentages are still increasing because of the population of computer user. The purpose of this project is to design an assistive device for the patients who suffered carpal tunnel syndrome to relieve the pain while they are using the computer. In this project, the researcher used interview survey in this research. In this project, the researcher used interview survey in this research. To interview with an occupational therapist who works for the National Health Service. After clarifying the carpal tunnel syndrome and finding out the better solution for carpal tunnel syndrome. This research finally provided an assistive device in 2D and 3D model. The result of the assistive device has some special feature. The glove use tight fabric to help keeping the wrist straight in a natural posture on the mouse, and use soft material in the support area to avoid stressing the wrist while working. The wrist support area has been moved to the underside to the arm, this could help to avoid pressing the wrist while working.