Us´em: The user-centered design of a device for motivating stroke patients to use their impaired arm-hand in daily life activities

Author

Markopoulos, Panos ; Timmermans, Annick A A ; Beursgens, Luuk ; Van Donselaar, Rik ; Seelen, Henk A M

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Design, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

5182

Lastpage

5187

Abstract

Stroke leaves the majority of its survivors with an impairment of the upper extremity that affects their ability to live independently and their quality of life. Rehabilitation research shows that practice of everyday life activities in a natural context may sustain or even improve arm-hand performance, even during chronic stages after stroke. Based on this insight we designed, developed and evaluated Us´em; this consists of two watch-like accelerometry devices that provide feedback to stroke patients regarding the usage of their impaired versus their non-affected upper extremity. System usability and treatment credibility/expectancy were evaluated positively by therapists and patients.

Keywords

accelerometers; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; medical disorders; patient rehabilitation; user centred design; accelerometry device; arm-hand impairment; chronic stage; daily life activity; rehabilitation research; stroke patient; upper extremity; user centered design; Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Extremities; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Prototypes; Training; Acceleration; Actigraphy; Arm; Biofeedback, Psychology; Computer-Aided Design; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Motivation; Paresis; Stroke; Therapy, Computer-Assisted;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091283

Filename

6091283