Feathers, a bimanual upper limb rehabilitation platform: A case study of user-Centred Approach in rehabilitation device design

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn 1, Issue DS 80-01, 2015, Pages 361-370

  Shirzad, Navid ^a   Valdés, Bulmaro A ^a   Hung, Chai Ting ^a   Law, Mimi ^b   Hay, Justin ^b   Van Der Loos, H F Machiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical design; Design for disability; Design process; Participatory design; User centred design

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DATA VISUALIZATION; DESIGN; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

DESIGN PROCESS; HEALTHCARE SECTORS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MOTOR REHABILITATION; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; REHABILITATION DEVICES; UPPER BODIES; UPPER-LIMB REHABILITATION;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 84979781481     PISSN: 22204334     EISSN: 22204342     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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