{"id":1987,"date":"2014-05-28T14:16:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:49:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:49:14","slug":"toh-engineer-designs-innovative-physio-staircase-american-and-canadian-patents-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/toh-engineer-designs-innovative-physio-staircase-american-and-canadian-patents-filed\/","title":{"rendered":"TOH engineer designs innovative physio staircase: American and Canadian patents filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"CANStep Adjustable Stairs at The Ottawa Hospital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7iceTrPkIOU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you spend so much money on a stair that doesn\u2019t do the job?\u201d asked Louis Goudreau, an engineer at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre (TOHRC).<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking about an adjustable physiotherapy staircase that\u2019s now commercially available, but costs about $15,000 and doesn\u2019t have all the features needed to safely help with patient rehab.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1990\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1990\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1990 img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28phsyiostairsGoudreauandFollowsWEB-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"TOHRC Engineer Louis Goudreau (left) designed and built an adjustable staircase that physiotherapists such as David Follows can use to help rehabilitate patients.\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28phsyiostairsGoudreauandFollowsWEB-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28phsyiostairsGoudreauandFollowsWEB.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOHRC Engineer Louis Goudreau (left) designed and built an adjustable staircase that physiotherapists such as David Follows can use to help rehabilitate patients.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Instead, Goudreau designed and built a set of stairs that is adjustable (from 3-inch to 10-inch steps); can hold the weight of several people (so physiotherapists can climb on and help patients if necessary); is durable, efficient and sturdy; and is built in the Rehab Engineering workshop for about a third of the price of the commercial staircase. Now, patients can slowly build their strength until they can manage regular 7.5-inch steps or higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the main barriers to discharging patients is the fact that they can\u2019t get in and out of their home or they can\u2019t get to the second floor where the bedroom and bathroom are,\u201d said David Follows, a physiotherapist at TOHRC. \u201cThese stairs allow us to begin training our patients at a 3-inch step and as they get stronger we gradually increase the step height until they\u2019re able to do a normal 7.5-inch step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of inpatients and a significant number of outpatients use the staircase,\u201d said Follows. \u201cBoth the patients and the therapists love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TOHRC celebrated the staircase\u2019s first year at TOH at the end of March, and the American and Canadian patents are currently pending.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table text-center\" style=\"width: 563px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 289px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1991 size-medium img-responsive img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28physiostairs1lowWEBsm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Patents are pending for the TOHRC adjustable staircase that can go from 3-inch to 10-inch steps, allowing patients to slowly build their strength and abilities.-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28physiostairs1lowWEBsm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28physiostairs1lowWEBsm.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 274px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1992 img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28physiostairs2highWEBsm-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Patents are pending for the TOHRC adjustable staircase that can go from 3-inch to 10-inch steps, allowing patients to slowly build their strength and abilities.-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28physiostairs2highWEBsm-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YIMCMay28physiostairs2highWEBsm.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 562px;\" colspan=\"2\"><em>Patents are pending for the TOHRC adjustable staircase that can go from 3-inch to 10-inch steps, allowing patients to slowly build their strength and abilities.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy would you spend so much money on a stair that doesn\u2019t do the job?\u201d asked Louis Goudreau, an engineer at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre (TOHRC). He was speaking about an adjustable physiotherapy staircase that\u2019s now commercially available, but costs about $15,000 and doesn\u2019t have all the features needed to safely help with patient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}