Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business Project
Background: Product development is an arena where few physiotherapists work. The questions we asked were: How can physiotherapists help with product development in a company? What experiences have physiotherapists after completing a product development project? Main part: This article, based on spe...
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| description | Background: Product development is an arena where few physiotherapists work. The questions we asked were: How can physiotherapists help with product development in a company? What experiences have physiotherapists after completing a product development project?
Main part: This article, based on specific work assignments with the development of a carrier for children, is an example of how physiotherapists, in collaboration with other professions, can work with product development. The tasks for the physiotherapists were product development, completion of a study for users and ergonomic analysis. The study was conducted through focus group interviews, keeping a log book and individual interviews.
Conclusion: This project showed that physiotherapists had important expertise in the process of developing products. Especially the expertise in muscular-skeletal disorders, ergonomics, motor development and project work were useful. Prerequisites for a product development project’s success is the involvement of management, flexibility in work tasks for the physiotherapists, user involvement and close cooperation with other involved professional groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7d7ae9a8992451f9731e4126778a5e42022-12-21T18:53:23ZdanNorwegian Physiotherapist AssociationFysioterapeuten0016-33840807-92772012-11-0179101823Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business ProjectMildrid Haugland0Anne Brit Sørsdahl1Avdeling for helse og sosialfag, Høgskolen i BergenInstitutt for ergoterapi, fysioterapi og radiografi, Avdeling for helse- og sosialfag, Høgskolen i BergenBackground: Product development is an arena where few physiotherapists work. The questions we asked were: How can physiotherapists help with product development in a company? What experiences have physiotherapists after completing a product development project? Main part: This article, based on specific work assignments with the development of a carrier for children, is an example of how physiotherapists, in collaboration with other professions, can work with product development. The tasks for the physiotherapists were product development, completion of a study for users and ergonomic analysis. The study was conducted through focus group interviews, keeping a log book and individual interviews. Conclusion: This project showed that physiotherapists had important expertise in the process of developing products. Especially the expertise in muscular-skeletal disorders, ergonomics, motor development and project work were useful. Prerequisites for a product development project’s success is the involvement of management, flexibility in work tasks for the physiotherapists, user involvement and close cooperation with other involved professional groups.https://fysioterapeuten.no/Fag-og-vitenskap/Fagartikler/Arbeidsmaater-i-og-erfaringer-fra-et-naeringslivsprosjektphysiotherapy competenceproduct developmentcooperation |
| spellingShingle | Mildrid Haugland Anne Brit Sørsdahl Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business Project Fysioterapeuten physiotherapy competence product development cooperation |
| title | Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business Project |
| title_full | Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business Project |
| title_fullStr | Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business Project |
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| title_short | Physiotherapy Competence in Product Development: Work Approaches and Experiences from a Business Project |
| title_sort | physiotherapy competence in product development work approaches and experiences from a business project |
| topic | physiotherapy competence product development cooperation |
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