AllSet Fashionable & Assistive Wearable
AllSet is a jacket designed for people living with Parkinson’s disease. This training wearable promotes the formation of new neural pathways for routine movements, in order to facilitate energy conservation. Symptoms of the disease are most often triggered or worsened by fatigue and stress, so reducing these factors makes daily activities easier.
Features & Benefits
Design Details
Prototyping
Prototypes which we have explored include auditory, tactile and tensile feedback that is triggered by movement of the arm. A key physical restraint lies in posture, for which we explored with brace systems and restrictive structures, inspired by kinesiotape and other corrective methods.
The jacket functions as a passive reminder system, promoting certain motions over others. For example, when swiping an access card, it is easier for someone with a limited range of motion to do so with the arm extended; however, the natural motion for swiping a card involves bending the elbow, which causes more strain on the arm muscles. Implementing a mechanism inside the sleeve that provides feedback to raise awareness of the elbow bending is one way to promote straightening the arm.
Process Book
