Healthy Sitting Behaviour Enhancement using a Smart Chair System

The aim of this paper is to present a smart chair prototype to monitor the sitting behaviour of people in wheelchair to re-educate them about long periods of time standing still and in the same position and giving them a feedback about this. The project is mainly focused on those who have been in a wheelchair for a short time. The sitting posture monitoring in the developed smart chair system can help or promote people to achieve and maintain healthy sitting behaviour, and prevent or reduce diseases caused by poor sitting behaviour, like bedsores (pressure ulcers)