Due to adolescents’ poor core strength and immature lower-limb coordination strategies, there are around 100,000 cases of adolescent ACL injuries in China each year. An ACL injury refers to a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a ligament that plays a key role in controlling the knee joint’s torsion. With a similar return to sports rate after ACL reconstruction, adolescents’ secondary tear probability (in the recovered) takes up 32%, which is 4.9 times that of adults. Why is the rate of second ACL tears so high among teenagers?
Unlike most surgeries, ACLR requires 9 - 12 months of physical therapy. Whereas the first stage takes 6 weeks in bed with repetitive & painful exercise. This caused children to fear the process, and because of the slow recovery speed, they're unable to visualize their progress.
By designing with unique inflatable structures, we aim to utilize pneumatic wearables in a joyful way. We consider soft robotics as a feedback actuator that visualizes every step of the children's recovery process. The product was able to effectively demonstrate the movement of the origami animal to inflate and deflate, as well as to show changes in speed combined with different degrees of bending.
由于青少年核心力量较弱、下肢协调策略尚不成熟，中国每年约有 10 万例青少年前交叉韧带（ACL）损伤。ACL 损伤是指前交叉韧带撕裂，这条韧带在控制膝关节扭转方面起着关键作用。在 ACL 重建术后重返运动比例相近的情况下，青少年（康复者中）二次撕裂的概率高达 32%，是成年人的 4.9 倍。为什么青少年的 ACL 二次撕裂率如此之高？
与大多数手术不同，ACL 重建需要 9–12 个月的物理治疗，其中第一阶段需要卧床 6 周，进行重复且疼痛的训练。这让孩子们对康复过程心生畏惧；而由于恢复缓慢，他们也难以直观看到自己的进步。
我们希望借助独特的充气结构设计，以一种有趣的方式运用气动可穿戴设备。我们把软体机器人作为反馈执行器，将孩子康复过程中的每一步可视化。产品能够有效展示折纸动物的充气与放气动作，并结合不同的弯曲程度表现速度的变化。
