Developing and testing a telerehabilitation system for people following stroke: Issues of usability

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 223-236

  Mountain, Gail ^a   Wilson, Steven ^b   Eccleston, Christopher ^b   Mawson, Susan ^c   Hammerton, Jackie ^c   Ware, Tricia ^a   Zheng, Huiru ^d   Davies, Richard ^d   Black, Norman ^d   Harris, Nigel ^b   Stone, Thomas ^e   Hu, Huosheng ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design strategy; Human factors; User evaluation; User observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951182177     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820903333792     Document Type: Article

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