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The Immobility Mobility Machine

Julia Duffy
Harrison High School

Introduction Results
Acknowledgements

Hypothesis: If I rebuild my chair, I can help more individuals. This year's machine did not build as smoothly as last year. This year I could not test my design because it was not sturdy enough for me to Rob, My PT for assisting my knowledge of human anatomy.

Engineering Goal: To rebuild a more functional model of my trust the design. The Thera bands are all interchangeable using eye hooks that they tie onto. This year I had to undo all the covering to access Coach Adam Freeman, My Sports Med teacher for teaching me

chair. all the parts I wanted to remodel as seen in Figure 2. This machine is now uncomfortable, but it is a prototype so no one would be able to use about the human body.
A year ago I had two major hip surgeries and in the little time I Mrs. Tatum, For my grammar skills.
it.
was laid up I realized all the muscular loss I was facing must be
Mrs. Allard and Mr. O'Neil for running STEM.
100 times worse for bed ridden patients. Many people with Next Steps: This machine can be greatly improved. It could be more comfortable. This machine is very stiff when using it, and a more
chronic illnesses face the reality of also losing their muscle mass. References
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Background This year's project was not what I wanted it to be. This machine did not function up to my expectations. The design idea was workable, but the
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the unfortunate reality of losing strength in their muscles,
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also need to rebuild their muscles and may lack the ability to
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Methodology

1. I used two 2x2 pieces of wood and attached them in a chair

position as seen in Figure 1.
2. I then padded the seats for comfort.
3. I then assembled the leg pieces of the board at the end of the
seat.
3. On the inner and outer thigh of the machine we used eye hooks
to make the bands interchangeable.
4. We added a piece of wood onto the back to add the bumpers to
make the seat adjustable.
5. We also added to PVC pipes to make a stopper for the
bumpers.

Figure 3: the leg pieces being assembled.

Figure 2: undo the fabric.
Figure 1: The base being built year 1