Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
The objective is to evaluate to which extent that <italic>Zishi</italic> a garment equipped with sensors that can support posture monitoring can be used in upper extremity rehabilitation training of stroke patients. Seventeen stroke survivors (mean age: 55 years old, SD =13.5)...
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| author | Qi Wang Annick Timmermans Wei Chen Jie Jia Li Ding Li Xiong Jifeng Rong Panos Markopoulos |
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| description | The objective is to evaluate to which extent that <italic>Zishi</italic> a garment equipped with sensors that can support posture monitoring can be used in upper extremity rehabilitation training of stroke patients. Seventeen stroke survivors (mean age: 55 years old, SD =13.5) were recruited in three hospitals in Shanghai. Patients performed 4 tasks (analytical shoulder flexion, functional shoulder flexion placing a cooking pot, analytical flexion in the scapular plane, and functional flexion in the scapular plane placing a bottle of water) with guided feedback on a tablet that was provided through inertial sensors embedded in the Zishi system at the scapula and the thoracic spine region. After performing the training tasks, patients completed four questionnaires for assessing their motivation, their acceptance of the system, its credibility, and usability. The study participants were highly motivated to train with Zishi and the system was rated high usability, while the subjects had moderate confidence with technology supported training in comparison with the training with therapists. The patients respond positively to using Zishi to support rehabilitation training in a clinical setting. Further developments need to address more on engaging and adaptive feedback. This paper paves the way for larger scale effectiveness studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d00b2a85f0f468b86713ac47baf0ca52022-12-21T18:35:52ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine2168-23722018-01-0161910.1109/JTEHM.2018.28535498496808Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity RehabilitationQi Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2688-8306Annick Timmermans1Wei Chen2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3720-718XJie Jia3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4516-4629Li Ding4Li Xiong5Jifeng Rong6Panos Markopoulos7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2001-7251College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaBIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, BelgiumCenter for Intelligent Medical Electronics, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai First Rehabilitation Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai First Rehabilitation Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaIndustrial Design Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsThe objective is to evaluate to which extent that <italic>Zishi</italic> a garment equipped with sensors that can support posture monitoring can be used in upper extremity rehabilitation training of stroke patients. Seventeen stroke survivors (mean age: 55 years old, SD =13.5) were recruited in three hospitals in Shanghai. Patients performed 4 tasks (analytical shoulder flexion, functional shoulder flexion placing a cooking pot, analytical flexion in the scapular plane, and functional flexion in the scapular plane placing a bottle of water) with guided feedback on a tablet that was provided through inertial sensors embedded in the Zishi system at the scapula and the thoracic spine region. After performing the training tasks, patients completed four questionnaires for assessing their motivation, their acceptance of the system, its credibility, and usability. The study participants were highly motivated to train with Zishi and the system was rated high usability, while the subjects had moderate confidence with technology supported training in comparison with the training with therapists. The patients respond positively to using Zishi to support rehabilitation training in a clinical setting. Further developments need to address more on engaging and adaptive feedback. This paper paves the way for larger scale effectiveness studies.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8496808/Wearable systemstrokerehabilitationsmart garmentcompensatory movement |
| spellingShingle | Qi Wang Annick Timmermans Wei Chen Jie Jia Li Ding Li Xiong Jifeng Rong Panos Markopoulos Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine Wearable system stroke rehabilitation smart garment compensatory movement |
| title | Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation |
| title_full | Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation |
| title_fullStr | Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation |
| title_short | Stroke Patients’ Acceptance of a Smart Garment for Supporting Upper Extremity Rehabilitation |
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| topic | Wearable system stroke rehabilitation smart garment compensatory movement |
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