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Limited Use Only: Exploring the Design of Everyday Objects for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke causes significant damage to the brain. Symptoms commonly affect one or both limbs on one side of the body. The preferential use of the less affected limb is called compensatory movement and it is a common phenomenon after a stroke, leading to learned non-use of the affected side. The aim of this study was to design everyday objects that can be used by chronic stroke survivors to initiate the use of the arm on the affected side to overcome learned non-use. Following a human-centred design approach, an understanding of the users’ needs was developed and different design solutions were produced and evaluated by stroke survivors and health professionals. Initial findings suggest that the object should remind the user to use the affected arm, and the movement needs to take account of the mental model that the user has of the object.
Limited Use Only: Exploring the Design of Everyday Objects for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke causes significant damage to the brain. Symptoms commonly affect one or both limbs on one side of the body. The preferential use of the less affected limb is called compensatory movement and it is a common phenomenon after a stroke, leading to learned non-use of the affected side. The aim of this study was to design everyday objects that can be used by chronic stroke survivors to initiate the use of the arm on the affected side to overcome learned non-use. Following a human-centred design approach, an understanding of the users’ needs was developed and different design solutions were produced and evaluated by stroke survivors and health professionals. Initial findings suggest that the object should remind the user to use the affected arm, and the movement needs to take account of the mental model that the user has of the object.
Limited Use Only: Exploring the Design of Everyday Objects for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
Lemke, Mailin (author)
The Design Journal ; 20 ; 879-887
2017-11-02
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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