Physioscience: Poise
NHS physiotherapist and lecturer Dr Peter Malliaras approached Designplus with an early stage concept for a device to help manage poor posture. Final year Industrial Design student Pui-Jun Lam and Dr Malliaras, who is also the director of Physioscience, worked together to identify a solution that would enable a person to maintain a good posture position.
Poise was developed to train an individual to maintain a good posture whilst sitting. It is targeted at users in
an office working environment where computer based tasks are common, and aims to reduce the amount of days taken off due to back pain, which arises from bad posture.
From an early stage concept, the project was developed to a stage where funding could be sought for further development based on the identified market potential and manufacturing considerations.
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