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Design Development and Evaluation of A Wearable Telerehabilitation System For Segmental Respiratory

Segmental Solunum İçin Giyilebilir Bir Telerehabilitasyon Sisteminin Tasarımı, Geliştirilmesi ve Değerlendirilmesi

Fatma Betül Derdiyok(SAKARYA UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-8027-7365
Kasım Serbest(Sakarya Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi)0000-0002-0064-4020
Pages
1149–1164
Publication Date
2025-07-06
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Our design has effective and appropriate equipment that can increase the respiratory capacity of patients and contribute to rehabilitation in the home environment thanks to telerehabilitation application.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In this study, it was aimed to support the patients to segmental breathing exercises in people with respiratory system disorders; easy to use, allowing for individual use.
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Key Findings & Data:It is aimed to design a device integrated with telerehabilitation in accordance with engineering design and rehabilitation engineering design approaches.
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Conclusion & Impact:Our design has effective and appropriate equipment that can increase the respiratory capacity of patients and contribute to rehabilitation in the home environment thanks to telerehabilitation application.
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⚙️Variables:Pulmoner rehabilitasyon · Mühendislik tasarımı · Giyilebilir teknoloji

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to support the patients to segmental breathing exercises in people with respiratory system disorders; easy to use, allowing for individual use. It is aimed to design a device integrated with telerehabilitation in accordance with engineering design and rehabilitation engineering design approaches. Within the scope of conceptual design, a list of requirements for the design was created. Functional structures and solution principles of the device were determined. Design variants were created and were evaluated. Structures of the final solution variant and 3D drawings of the design were created. Our design has effective and appropriate equipment that can increase the respiratory capacity of patients and contribute to rehabilitation in the home environment thanks to telerehabilitation application.

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Bu çalışmada, solunum sistemi hastalığı olan kişilerde segmental solunum egzersizleriyle hastaların desteklenmesi; kullanımı kolay, bireysel kullanıma olanak sağlayan bir cihaz tasarlanması amaçlanmaktadır. Mühendislik tasarımı ve rehabilitasyon mühendisliği tasarım yaklaşımlarına uygun olarak telerehabilitasyon ile entegre bir cihaz tasarımı hedeflenmektedir. Kavramsal tasarım kapsamında, tasarım için bir gereksinim listesi oluşturulmuştur. Cihazın fonksiyonel yapıları ve çözüm prensipleri belirlenmiştir. Tasarım çeşitleri oluşturulmuş ve değerlendirilmiştir. Nihai çözüm varyantının yapıları ve tasarımın 3 boyutlu çizimleri oluşturulmuştur. Tasarımımız telerehabilitasyon uygulaması sayesinde hastaların solunum kapasitesini artırabilecek ve ev ortamında rehabilitasyona katkı sağlayabilecek etkin ve uygun donanıma sahiptir.

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Derdiyok, F. B., Serbest, K. (2025). Design Development and Evaluation of A Wearable Telerehabilitation System For Segmental Respiratory. Politeknik Dergisi, Cilt: 28 Sayı: 4, 1149–1164. https://doi.org/10.2339/politeknik.1578109

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