Rehabilitation centred design

Stroke is a significant cause of disability, and is predicted to become a greater burden as population demographics shift. Research suggests that the completion of rehabilitation exercises can considerably improve function in damaged limbs, yet these exercises can be both boring and frustrating for patients to complete at home. New technologies create possibilities to support rehabilitation in motivating and entertaining ways, and, in this paper, we present a case study that illustrates the work of designing such technologies for a single user. Participation in this case study has highlighted some interesting tensions between designing for rehabilitation and designing for the user, and we provide a short discussion of these issues. Keywords Rehabilitation technologies, stroke, rehabilitation centred design ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Madeline Balaam, Stefan Rennick Egglestone, Ann-Marie Hughes, Thomas Nind, Anna Wilkinson, Eric Harris, Lesley Axelrod, Geraldine Fitzpatrick
• Keywords: Case Study, CHI 2010, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Rehabilitation Technologies, Rehabilitation Exercises