User requirements for assistance of the supporting hand in bimanual daily activities via a robotic glove for severely affected stroke patients

Prange, Grada Berendina; Smulders, LC; Wijngaarden, J. van; Lijbers, GJ; Nijenhuis, Sharon M.; Veltink, P.E.; Buurke, J.H.; Stienen, Arno H. A.

doi:10.1109/icorr.2015.7281225

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“…Secondly, stroke patients performed the functional tasks in this study with their most-affected hand, which could have been their dominant or non-dominant hand. This might have caused difficulties in performing functional tasks with and without the glove, because the most-affected hand of stroke patients is often used to support the non-affected hand instead of using it as primary hand to perform functional tasks (39). Therefore, subsequent studies should take the role of the gloved hand into account.…”

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Feasibility of a wearable soft-robotic glove to support impaired hand function in stroke patients

Radder¹,

Prange-Lasonder²,

Kottink³

et al. 2018

J Rehabil Med

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Feasibility of a wearable soft-robotic glove to support impaired hand function in stroke patients

Radder¹,

Prange-Lasonder²,

Kottink³

et al. 2018

J Rehabil Med

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“…In total, 9 studies covering 139 stroke survivors and carers and 384 HCPs were included for analysis [5,15,16,19,27-31]. The majority of the studies had at most 20 participants except for 2 studies that applied questionnaires involving over 100 participants [5,30].…”

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“…All studies described end users' experiences and perspectives regarding the design of AT for use after stroke. In total, 4 studies used interviews [19,27-29], 3 studies used focus groups [15,16,31], and 2 studies questionnaires [5,30] to elicit information from end users.…”

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“…AT can be used both inside and outside the clinic [5,17]. Remarkably, only 25% of the robotic devices for upper extremity rehabilitation have been tested clinically within the stroke population [18], suggesting limited implementation of robotic devices in practice [19]. The complexity of robotic devices and a mismatch between the needs and preferences of the end users and their environment regarding the design of the device are believed to be the main reasons for this low implementation rate [18,19].…”

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“…Ideally, design projects should start with addressing user needs by collecting information about the target population through focus groups, interviews, questionnaires, or observation studies (Figure 1, adapted from Eger et al [25] and Martin et al [26]). Although some studies reported collection of needs and preferences of end users at the start of the design project [5,15,16,19,27-31], the questions asked to gather this information were often too generic.…”

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Assistive Technology for the Upper Extremities After Stroke: Systematic Review of Users’ Needs

Ommeren

Smulders²,

Prange-Lasonder

et al. 2018

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol

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BackgroundTechnical innovations have the potential to compensate for loss of upper-limb motor functions after stroke. However, majority of the designs do not completely meet the needs and preferences of the end users. User-centered design methods have shown that the attention to user perspectives during development of assistive technology leads to devices that better suit the needs of the users.ObjectiveTo get more insight into the factors that can bring the design of assistive technology to higher levels of satisfaction and acceptance, studies about user perspectives on assistive technology for the upper limb after stroke are systematically reviewed.MethodsA database search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus from inception to August 2017, supplemented with a search of reference lists. Methodological quality of the included studies was appraised. User perspectives of stroke survivors, carers, and health care professionals were extracted. A total of 35 descriptive themes were identified, from which 5 overarching themes were derived.ResultsIn total, 9 studies with information gathered from focus groups, questionnaires, and interviews were included. Barriers and enablers influencing the adoption of assistive technology for the upper limb after stroke emerged within 5 overarching but highly interdependent themes: (1) promoting hand and arm performance; (2) attitude toward technology; (3) decision process; (4) usability; and (5) practical applicability.ConclusionsExpected use of an assistive technology is facilitated when it has a clear therapeutic base (expected benefit in enhancing function), its users (patients and health care professionals) have a positive attitude toward technology, sufficient information about the assistive technology is available, and usability and practical applicability have been addressed successfully in its design. The interdependency of the identified themes implies that all aspects influencing user perspectives of assistive technology need to be considered when developing assistive technology to enhance its chance of acceptance. The importance of each factor may vary depending on personal factors and the use context, either at home as an assistive aid or for rehabilitation at a clinic.

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Preliminary Extraction of Themes from a Review About User Perspectives on Assistive Technology for the Upper Limb After Stroke

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Prange-Lasonder

Rietman

et al. 2016

Biosystems &Amp; Biorobotics

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Use of assistive technology to support the upper extremity of stoke survivors seems promising. Attention for the needs and preferences of the end-user from the start of the design is crucial to avoid device abandonment. The aim of this study was to gain insight into the factors that play a role in the successful use of upper extremity assistive technology in rehabilitation and daily life activities of stroke survivors through a systematic analysis of the literature. Six qualitative studies have been retrieved from PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO and additional reference tracking. Analysis of user expressions resulted in the specification of three overarching themes: accessibility, usage and personalization.

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User requirements for assistance of the supporting hand in bimanual daily activities via a robotic glove for severely affected stroke patients

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

Feasibility of a wearable soft-robotic glove to support impaired hand function in stroke patients

Feasibility of a wearable soft-robotic glove to support impaired hand function in stroke patients

Assistive Technology for the Upper Extremities After Stroke: Systematic Review of Users’ Needs

Preliminary Extraction of Themes from a Review About User Perspectives on Assistive Technology for the Upper Limb After Stroke

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