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User-Centered Design Methodologies for the Prototype Development of a Smart Harness and Related System to Provide Haptic Cues to Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
- Source :
- Sensors; Volume 22; Issue 21; Pages: 8095
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2022.
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Abstract
- This paper describes the second part of the PASSO (Parkinson smart sensory cues for older users) project, which designs and tests an innovative haptic biofeedback system based on a wireless body sensor network using a smartphone and different smartwatches specifically designed to rehabilitate postural disturbances in persons with Parkinson’s disease. According to the scientific literature on the use of smart devices to transmit sensory cues, vibrotactile feedback (particularly on the trunk) seems promising for improving people’s gait and posture performance; they have been used in different environments and are well accepted by users. In the PASSO project, we designed and developed a wearable device and a related system to transmit vibrations to a person’s body to improve posture and combat impairments like Pisa syndrome and camptocormia. Specifically, this paper describes the methodologies and strategies used to design, develop, and test wearable prototypes and the mHealth system. The results allowed a multidisciplinary comparison among the solutions, which led to prototypes with a high degree of usability, wearability, accessibility, and effectiveness. This mHealth system is now being used in pilot trials with subjects with Parkinson’s disease to verify its feasibility among patients.
- Subjects :
- haptic feedback
design methodology
inclusive design
human health monitoring
sensory cues
prototypes
user-centered design
mHealth system
Parkinson Disease
Biofeedback, Psychology
Biochemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Analytical Chemistry
Haptic Technology
Humans
sensory cue
Cues
prototype
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14248220
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sensors
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....039f6b205fbf0f8d068237f75c964061