| Can artificial intelligence effectively support proper maternal posture and pain reduction during breastfeeding and infant holding? |
| Paper ID : 1080-ISCSR3 (R2) |
| Authors |
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Manar Tarek Abdelbaser *1, Sama Mohamed Khamis1, Esraa Abdelsamea Bder2, Nada Ahmed Soliman1, Malak Ali Mohamed1, Donia Adel Aboresha1, Basmala Hassan Mahmoud1, Shefaa Saeed Salah1, Nouran Mahmoud Awad1 1Rashid University 2Rashid |
| Abstract |
| The biggest challenges that mothers face after pregnancy and childbirth are incorrect positions while carrying the child and breastfeeding. Incorrect positions for carrying the child and breastfeeding have critically negative outcome for the mother’s health and expose her to pain in the neck, lower back muscles and the pectoral region muscles. However, there are no solutions that have been advanced that can effectively help the mother to maintain the correct positions while breastfeeding and carrying her child ; thus, we decided to make an application that is always available and accessible to the mother and helps her improve and correct her breastfeeding positions and carrying her child by using computer vision, AI (pose estimation), mobile application and EMG device to make an instant correction to the mother's position and give her movement guidelines. By storing the ideal positions in the database using pose estimation technology and comparing these positions with the mother’s current position. To know the correct positions, it is necessary to know the muscles affected during incorrect breastfeeding positions by detecting them with the EMG. In studies that used AI (pose estimation), the goal was to correct the student’s posture while studying using a mobile application, and thus we will apply it to a breastfeeding mother. In other studies, EMG was used, the goal was to determine muscle strength. As a result of correct breastfeeding and carrying positions, it is anticipated that relieve the physical pressure of the matter by reducing pain in the neck, lower back muscles, and pectoral region muscles. |
| Keywords |
| Breastfeeding posture, Postpartum, Rehabilitation, Pose estimation, Computer vision, Artificial Intelligence |
| Status: Abstract Accepted |