Designing a Somatosensory Interactive Game of Lower Extremity Muscle Rehabilitation for the Elderly

Chang, Chien‐Hsiang; Liu, Kao-Hua; Kajihara, Hiroyuki; Lien, Wei‐Chih; Chen, Peng-Ting; Hiyama, Atsushi; Lin, Yang-Cheng; Chen, Chien-Hsu; İnami, Masahiko

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78111-8_2

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“…Since the device integrates innovative technology for data transfer and record, it could also provide medical professionals with references for follow-up evaluation and the personalization of the rehabilitation training program. With these advantages, the proposed device in this study could improve the older adult's acceptance of technological aids and telemedicine during the post-pandemic era, consistent with previous studies' findings (12,13,23).…”

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“…This study aims to develop a novel smart somatosensory wearable assistive device (called SSWAD), combined with sEMG and exergame software and hardware technology for rehabilitating the lower limb muscles of the older adult ( 13 – 15 ). Moreover, it’s ergonomic (user-friendly) design could improve the ease of use and reduce the operational burden for elders, thereby promoting their satisfaction with the SSWAD and continuous use for long-term rehabilitation.…”

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A novel smart somatosensory wearable assistive device for older adults’ home rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chang,

Lien,

Chiu

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundDue to the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) related social distancing measures and health service suspension, physical activity has declined, leading to increased falling risk and disability, and consequently, compromising the older adult health. How to improve the quality of older adult life has become a crucial social issue.ObjectiveIn traditional rehabilitation, manual and repetitive muscle training cannot identify the patient’s rehabilitation effect, and increasing the willingness to use it is not easy. Therefore, based on the usability perspective, this study aims to develop a novel smart somatosensory wearable assistive device (called SSWAD) combined with wireless surface electromyography (sEMG) and exergame software and hardware technology. The older adult can do knee extension, ankle dorsiflexion, and ankle plantar flexion rehabilitation exercises at home. Meanwhile, sEMG values can be digitally recorded to assist physicians (or professionals) in judgment, treatment, or diagnosis.MethodsTo explore whether the novel SSWAD could improve the older adult willingness to use and motivation for home rehabilitation, 25 frail older adult (12 males and 13 females with an average age of 69.3) perform the rehabilitation program with the SSWAD, followed by completing the system usability scale (SUS) questionnaire and the semi-structured interview for the quantitative and qualitative analyses. In addition, we further investigate whether the factor of gender or prior rehabilitation experience would affect the home rehabilitation willingness or not.ResultsAccording to the overall SUS score, the novel SSWAD has good overall usability performance (77.70), meaning that the SSWAD makes older adult feel interested and improves their willingness for continuous rehabilitation at home. In addition, the individual item scores of SUS are shown that female older adult with prior rehabilitation experience perform better in “Learnability” (t = 2.35, p = 0.03) and “Confidence” (t = −3.24, p = 0.01). On the contrary, male older adult without rehabilitation experience are more willing to adopt new technologies (t = −2.73, p = 0.02), and perform better in “Learnability” (t = 2.18, p = 0.04) and “Confidence” (t = −3.75, p < 0.001) with the SSWAD. In addition, the result of the semi-structured interview shows that the operation of the SSWAD is highly flexible, thus reducing older adult burden during the rehabilitation exercise and using them long-term.ConclusionThis novel SSWAD receives consistently positive feedback regardless of the gender or prior rehabilitation experience of elders. The SSWAD could be used as a novel way of home rehabilitation for elders, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Older adult can do rehabilitation exercises at home, and physicians could make proper judgments or adjust suitable treatments online according to the sEMG data, which older adult can know their rehabilitation progress at the same time. Most importantly, older adult do not have to go to the hospital every time for rehabilitation, which significantly reduces time and the risk of infection.

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confidence: 99%