Research Article
Towards a Set of Design Principles for Hapto–Virtual Rehabilitation Environments: Preliminary Results in Fine Motor Hand Therapy
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255359, author={Cristina Ram\^{\i}rez-Fern\^{a}ndez and Elo\^{\i}sa Garc\^{\i}a-Canseco and Alberto L. Mor\^{a}n}, title={Towards a Set of Design Principles for Hapto--Virtual Rehabilitation Environments: Preliminary Results in Fine Motor Hand Therapy}, proceedings={REHAB 2014}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={REHAB}, year={2014}, month={7}, keywords={virtual rehabilitation haptics user-centered design design principles}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255359} }- Cristina Ramírez-Fernández
Eloísa García-Canseco
Alberto L. Morán
Year: 2014
Towards a Set of Design Principles for Hapto–Virtual Rehabilitation Environments: Preliminary Results in Fine Motor Hand Therapy
REHAB
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255359
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a set of principles to facilitate the design of haptic feedback virtual environments for fi ne hand motor skills. Firstly, we conducted a contextual study in a rehabilitation center to identify preliminary design elements using grounded theory. Based on these results, we defi ned a set of principles to aid in the design of haptic feedback virtual environments to achieve therapy e ectiveness and patient's safety. In order to evaluate the proposed design principles, we developed a haptic feedback virtual environment based on them and conducted a formative evaluation with 5 patients and 3 therapist. Although preliminary results provide promising evidence, indicating a high perception of usefulness, ease of use and intention of use of the proposed environment and principles; further evaluations are needed to investigate therapy e ectiveness and patient's safety.