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User Acceptance of a Balance Support System that Enables Unsupervised Training of Balance and Walking in Stroke Survivors

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Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 15))

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A balance support system is developed with the goal to evoke unsupervised training of balance and walking in stroke survivors. The system is attached to the pelvic area and is developed to be used on a treadmill. It is based on the working principle of a therapist who only provides support at times the patient needs it. When support is not needed, the subject is able to move freely over the treadmill. In this study, we focus on the potentials and limitations of such a system from the user’s point of view. Results indicate that the system has high potential: user acceptance is rated as ‘good’ (SUS score = 76.8). Limitations lie mainly in the fact that subjects were concerned that controlling the system was too difficult with one functional hand.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a research grant from ZonMw (grant number: 10-10400-98-005).

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  1. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands

    J. A. M. Haarman, J. Reenalda, J. H. Buurke & J. S. Rietman

  2. Motekforce Link, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. Lammertse

  3. Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    H. van der Kooij

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  1. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    Jaime Ibáñez

  2. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  3. Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain

    José María Azorín

  4. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, USA

    Metin Akay

  5. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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Haarman, J.A.M., Reenalda, J., Lammertse, P., Buurke, J.H., van der Kooij, H., Rietman, J.S. (2017). User Acceptance of a Balance Support System that Enables Unsupervised Training of Balance and Walking in Stroke Survivors. In: Ibáñez, J., González-Vargas, J., Azorín, J., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_53

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