The Seats For Elderly Based On Design Studies Of Spinal Disorders

Aiming at life requirement physiological demand of Modern Senior Citizen, the paper "the elderly chairs" as the main object of study and spinal disorders of the elderly as a design basis, trying to reduce and ease of such person's pain, increase comfort they sit,and to improve their quality of life by seat design.Firstly,this paper use the literature as the basic material,the use of survey methods and systems analysis as the main research method, by analyzing the structure of the spine, spinal disease description, causes, etc., spine disorders related to interpretation of the word do, draw a human spine obstacles in the form of "sit" behavior, mainly sit down hard, got difficult, waist vacant, five aspects of neck pain;Then discusses the basic characteristics of the elderly have spinal disorders, including physical characteristics, psychological characteristics and sitting behavioral characteristics, physical characteristics including analysis of the change in the normal shape of the spine and spinal disorders elderly body size compared to, and specifically value. Sitting behavior of the elderly were discussed by the elderly in the study forward posture, upright posture, sitting in the spine backward by the force of circumstances, after the draw was poured posture is ideal for the elderly sitting spine disorder types. In clarifying the relationship between the chair and the spinal disorder after the paper binding spine disorders elderly physiological characteristics, psychological characteristics, and the demand for seats, etc., carried out for the shape, size, material, function expand berths research, modeling carried out from the back, armrest, seat, chair legs, four chairs discussion, draw relevant design principles; the seat size ergonomic size of the elderly; the material and moderate softness temperature-sensitive materials mainly strong; add some ancillary facilities from the function to reduce spinal disorders of the elderly, the main function of the auxiliary stand, massage, protection.Finally propose a chair design, design-oriented positioning for the elderly at home everyday casual chairs, design paper presents an analysis of assumptions were verified.