TY - GEN
T1 - Active "hugging" vest for deep touch pressure therapy
AU - Duvall, Julia C.
AU - Schleif, Nicholas
AU - Dunne, Lucy E
AU - Holschuh, Brad
PY - 2016/9/12
Y1 - 2016/9/12
N2 - Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ADHD often seek out deep touch pressure (DTP). Weighted blankets, vests and other wearable garments have been used to provide DTP, but each suffers from significant limitations. We designed an alternative using shape memory alloy (SMA) springs that contract when heated to create a children's deep pressure vest that can constrict on command, while being simultaneously low profile and adjustable. The garment can be controlled via wireless remote, allowing wearer selfadjustment and enabling the child's parent, guardian, or occupational therapist (OT) to give a comforting "hug" potentially from anywhere in the world.
AB - Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ADHD often seek out deep touch pressure (DTP). Weighted blankets, vests and other wearable garments have been used to provide DTP, but each suffers from significant limitations. We designed an alternative using shape memory alloy (SMA) springs that contract when heated to create a children's deep pressure vest that can constrict on command, while being simultaneously low profile and adjustable. The garment can be controlled via wireless remote, allowing wearer selfadjustment and enabling the child's parent, guardian, or occupational therapist (OT) to give a comforting "hug" potentially from anywhere in the world.
KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
KW - Deep Touch Pressure (DTP)
KW - Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
KW - Sensory integration therapy (SIT)
KW - Shape memory alloys (SMAs)
KW - Smart clothing
KW - Wearable technology
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U2 - 10.1145/2968219.2971344
DO - 10.1145/2968219.2971344
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84991042548
T3 - UbiComp 2016 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
SP - 458
EP - 463
BT - UbiComp 2016 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2016
Y2 - 12 September 2016 through 16 September 2016
ER -