In this coursework, you need to select assistive devices (wheelchair, seat, footrests, armrests, wheelchair controller, etc.) that are highly relevant and appropriate for the patient from your case study.

Coursework Description:

Prepare a report with an approximate length of 3000 words (within 20%) to recommend a strategy for selecting and adjusting assistive devices tailored to a specific user, based on a provided case study. Completing this report will require you to utilise a variety of concepts and techniques discussed during the module. Additionally, you will need to engage in substantial self-study on the topic to address the problem effectively.

On MyMDX, you will find a separate document that outlines which patient case you need to consider for your coursework. It is essential to refer to your designated patient case. Referring to a different patient case from the one assigned to you will render your coursework submission invalid.

In your report you need to address the following points:

2. By referring to your patient case, describe movement abilities, cognitive condition, daily living needs and needs of external help of your patient.
4. Suggest two wheelchairs that in your opinion, are suitable for your patient. Explain why you think that the suggested wheelchair models are a good choice for your patient (highlight on

the features that these wheelchairs have and explain why these features will be important for your patient). Refer to the production lists of known wheelchair manufacturers.

4. From the wheelchairs you suggested earlier, choose the one you believe to be the most suitable for your patient. Provide a justification for your choice of the best wheelchair.
6. Recommend appropriate seat, backrest, and footplates for the wheelchair chosen in step 3. When selecting the wheelchair components, use the online production catalogues of reputable wheelchair manufacturers. In your answer, include the model and part number of the selected seat, back, and footplates, as detailed in the manufacturers catalogues. When selecting wheelchair components, take into account the physical characteristics of your patient (for example, opt for a seat width that corresponds to the users body size). Ensure that the proposed seat, backrest, and footplates are compatible with the wheelchair model. Justify your selection of the seat, backrest, and footplates. If you believe your patient will require a headrest, recommend an appropriate one as well.
8. Suggest three interface devices from various manufacturers that enable your patient to control the wheelchair. Consider the type and model of the interface device (joystick, head control, switch control, etc.) based on the patients impairment and the users movement capabilities. Maintain consistency in your choice of human-machine interface; for instance, it would be quite unusual to propose a brain control interface, a foot control interface, and a voice control interface together. Refer to the online production catalogues of manufacturers of wheelchair interface devices. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each interface device you propose, and explain why it will be a suitable choice for your patient. Choose interface devices that are compatible with the wheelchair you selected in (3).
10. In the previous step (5), you were asked to propose three interface devices for your patient. Now, choose one of those three interface devices that you believe to be the best option for your patient. Explain why the selected interface device is the most suitable match for your
12. Provide examples of the risks associated with incorrect use of the proposed wheelchair, seat, headrest, footrest, and interface device, and suggest how these patient risks can be minimised to an acceptable level. Additionally, comment on potential patient risks arising from electric shock, improper mechanical fixation of parts, device malfunctions, and so on. Discuss the relevant legislation and requirements of the COSHH.

Analysis of movement abilities, daily life needs and perspectives for the disability of the patient from your users case 10%

Choice of two suitable wheelchairs 15%

Selecting the most suitable wheelchair for your patient 10%

Choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates and justification for your choice 25%

Choice of three control interfaces for the proposed wheelchair 10%

Choosing the most suitable control interface for your patient. Discussion regarding your choice.

10%

Patient risks and relevant legislation 10%

Report quality: Introduction, structure, conclusion, reference list, length 10%

This coursework accounts for 50% of your final mark for the BMS3646 module.

Suggestions on the strategy for development of your report

In this coursework, you need to select assistive devices (wheelchair, seat, footrests, armrests, wheelchair controller, etc.) that are highly relevant and appropriate for the patient from your case study. In order to make effective recommendations, refer to the patient’s movement abilities, the patient’s ability to communicate, mental status, social needs, age-related needs and limitations, other concomitant diseases if known, needs of an external carer, living environment (e.g., take into account if the patient lives in their own home, care home, or lives alone), body characteristics (obesity, spinal cord deformations, etc.), and consider if the health condition tends to worsen, etc

Essential Reading

Albert M. Cook and Janice Miller Polgar, (2007), Cook and Hussey’s Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, Publisher: Mosby; 3rd Edition, ISBN 0323039073

Course Notes

Recommended Reading

Rory A. Cooper, (1995), Rehabilitation Engineering Applied to Mobility and Manipulation, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, ISBN-10: 0750303433

Rory A Cooper, Hisaichi Ohnabe, Douglas A. Hobson, An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering, Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1st edition (December 26, 2006), ISBN-10: 0849372224

Lennon PhD MSc BSc FCSP, Sheila, Ramdharry BSc (Hons) PG Cert MSc PhD, Gita, et al., Physical Management for Neurological Conditions, 4th Edition, 7 Sep 2018, Elsevier, ISBN-10: 0702071749, ISBN-13: 978-0702071744 (a paper copy of the same book has been purchased by the university library)

Re-assessment

By re-submission of the coursework.

Referencing:

References play a crucial role in reinforcing your ideas. It is anticipated that you will cite all sources of information utilised. You ought to refer to literature and pertinent legislative documents using the Harvard referencing system.

Plagiarism:

Failing to acknowledge the work of others constitutes plagiarism. Cheating and plagiarism breach University Regulations and will be addressed accordingly.

2024-2025 BMS3646 Coursework on Assistive technology: Proposing customised wheelchair solution

Criterion	Wgt	1-4	5-8	9-12	13-16	17-18	19
Analysis of movement abilities and daily life needs of the user from your patient case	10%	Movement abilities and daily life needs are reviewed to a high standard.	Movement abilities and daily life needs are very well presented.	Analysis of movement abilities and daily life needs is relevant to the given patient case but lacks detail.	Analysis is not supported by research and not focused on the movement and cognitive abilities of the given patient.	Your analysis of movement abilities is largely missing.	There is no analysis of movement abilities
Choice of two suitable wheelchairs	15%	Your discussion on wheelchairs for the patient is reviewed to a high standard.	Your choice of wheelchairs is relevant to the given patient case and very well presented.	The wheelchairs that you suggest are relevant to the patient condition, but the discussion lacks detail.	Proposed wheelchair solution is not supported by research and not focused on the particular patient case.	Your wheelchair solution is largely missing.	There is no wheelchair solution.
Selecting the most suitable wheelchair for your patient	10%	Your wheelchair choice justification is relevant to the given patient case and reviewed to a high standard.	You have provided good discussion to explain your choice of the best wheelchair. The discussion is relevant to the given user and very well presented.	Your wheelchair choice justification is relevant to the specific patient case but lacks detail and academic rigour.	Your wheelchair choice justification is not supported by research and not focused on the particular user.	Wheelchair choice justification is largely missing.	There is no wheelchair choice justification.
Choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates and justification	25%	Proposed seat, back and footplates are very suitable for the patient from your patient case. It is provided a comprehensive and well	Well thought out discussion of the choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates. Well	The discussion of the choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates and the justification of their choice is	It is provided some discussion of the choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates, though it is very limited in detail and scope. The justification of	Very little in the way of discussion of the choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates. Very little justification of the	There is no discussion of the choice of wheelchair seat, back and footplates.

for your choice		thought out justification of the choice of wheelchair components	thought out justification of the choice of seat, back and footplates.	limited in detail and scope.	the choice of the wheelchair components is very limited in detail and scope.	choice of seat, back and footplates. / The discussion is too general and mostly not related to the selected devices and user needs.
Choice of three control interfaces for the proposed wheelchair	10%	Comprehensive and well thought out discussion on the control interface for the proposed wheelchair.	Well thought out discussion of the control interface for the proposed wheelchair.	Provided discussion of control interface of the proposed wheelchair is limited in detail and scope.	Some discussion of the control interface of the proposed wheelchair is provided, though it is very limited in detail and scope.	Very little in the way of discussion of the control interface of the proposed wheelchair.	There is no discussion of the control interface of the proposed wheelchair.
Choosing the most suitable control interface for your patient. Discussion regarding your choice.	10%	The choice of best wheelchair control interface device is comprehensive and well- explained.	Well thought out discussion on your choice of best wheelchair interface device.	Your discussion on the best wheelchair interface device is limited in detail and scope.	It is provided some discussion on the selection of the best wheelchair interface device, though it is very limited in detail and scope.	It is provided very little in the way of discussion on the best wheelchair interface device.	There is no discussion of your choice of best wheelchair interface device.
Patient risks and relevant legislation	10%	Comprehensive and well thought out discussion of patient risk and relevant legislation.	Well thought out discussion of patient risk and relevant legislation.	The discussion of patient risk and relevant legislation is limited in detail and scope.	It is provided some discussion on patient risk and relevant legislation, though it is very limited in detail and scope.	It is provided very little in the way of discussion of patient risk and relevant legislation.	There is no discussion of patient risk and relevant legislation.
Report quality: Introduction, structure, conclusion, reference list, length	10%	The report is structured in a very comprehensive way and written in standard English with correctly formatted citations and references. The reference list includes high quality	The report is structured well and written in standard English with generally correct formatting of citations and references.	The report is structured adequately and lacks some elements of standard English, with some incorrectly	The report lacks appropriate structure with a generally weak standard of English and little or no correctly formatted citations and quality references. The size of your report differs significantly from	There has been little attempt to structure the report to the given instructions, and there is a poor standard of English. There are no citations.	There has been no attempt to structure the report appropriately. OR: There are no references to literature sources and no