Study on Activities of Daily Living of human body

Study on Activities of Daily Living(ADLs) can be used in many research fields, but it is very complex. In this paper 40 basic ADLs were summarized by collecting and analyzing all the ADLs of human body. Then the experiments on 9 healthy adults who performed these 40 activities were conducted. All the procedure was recorded by using a digital vidicon. As a result 17 typical basic actions were obtained by disassembling and abstracting each ADL. These basic actions can substitute for ADLs when we research on the ROM in motion measurement of human body and other research fields, such as study on safety ergonomics of the living space for the aged and disabled, evaluating an individual¿s ability to perform ADLs etc. Experiment efficiency can be improved greatly with the results of this paper.