ENABLE MOBILITY
(2018) In Diploma work IDEL01 20181Industrial Design
- Abstract
- Being fed through a feeding tube is a part of many peoples
everyday lives, and comes with some challenges. One of
these challenges are mobility. Today people with feeding
tubes are able to stay mobile using a backpack, either
provided by a feeding tube company or using an altered
regular backpack. Unfortunately the backpacks are often seen as heavy and uncomfortable.
In order to further understand their needs when it comes to mobility with a feeding tube a research was conducted, were both ergonomic and physiological aspects were looked at.
The result is a simple lightweight backpack. A backpack
made to not only function well as a carrier of the feeding tube supplies, but also fulfills the need of the user to feel... (More) - Being fed through a feeding tube is a part of many peoples
everyday lives, and comes with some challenges. One of
these challenges are mobility. Today people with feeding
tubes are able to stay mobile using a backpack, either
provided by a feeding tube company or using an altered
regular backpack. Unfortunately the backpacks are often seen as heavy and uncomfortable.
In order to further understand their needs when it comes to mobility with a feeding tube a research was conducted, were both ergonomic and physiological aspects were looked at.
The result is a simple lightweight backpack. A backpack
made to not only function well as a carrier of the feeding tube supplies, but also fulfills the need of the user to feel confident and fashionable. (Less)
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- author
- Gustafsson, Matilda
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IDEL01 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--18/50395-SE
- other publication id
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--18/50395-SE
- language
- English
- id
- 8957929
- date added to LUP
- 2019-11-18 10:04:39
- date last changed
- 2019-11-18 10:04:39
@misc{8957929, abstract = {{Being fed through a feeding tube is a part of many peoples everyday lives, and comes with some challenges. One of these challenges are mobility. Today people with feeding tubes are able to stay mobile using a backpack, either provided by a feeding tube company or using an altered regular backpack. Unfortunately the backpacks are often seen as heavy and uncomfortable. In order to further understand their needs when it comes to mobility with a feeding tube a research was conducted, were both ergonomic and physiological aspects were looked at. The result is a simple lightweight backpack. A backpack made to not only function well as a carrier of the feeding tube supplies, but also fulfills the need of the user to feel confident and fashionable.}}, author = {{Gustafsson, Matilda}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Diploma work}}, title = {{ENABLE MOBILITY}}, year = {{2018}}, }