Redesign of a Vestibulator for the children with Cerebral Palsy


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Creator/Artist: Arun Raj R S

Category: Product Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2012-2014

Source: India,   IDC

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. G.G Ray


Detailed Description

The aim of this project is to redesign a therapeutic equipment for treating children with Cerebral Palsy. CP or Cerebral (brain) Palsy (malfunctioning) is a birth related disorder in children which damages specific parts of the brain which controls their posture, muscle movement and co-ordination. An organ called the vestibular organ behind our ear gives the sense of balance, posture and co-ordination in us. This organ malfunctions in the children with CP. So, these children may not be able to sit, stand or walk depending on the severity of their CP. Hence, we need to assist these children. They can be brought to a better life by treating them with therapeutic exercises that can externally stimulate the vestibular organ. This product stimulates the vestibular organ of the CP affected children in three different axes through linear, gravitational, rotational and tilting motions in different combinations of postures like sitting, standing, kneeling, prone, supine and quadruped. The ‘redesign’ is developed by bench marking the vestibulator designed by Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini (as part of his P.hD programme at Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, 2007). Also, the parallel products in the market were also studied. The redesign is suited for physiotherapeutic centre scenario for treating children with 2-6 years of age. Betterment of the CP children are the primary concern.