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Formative Usability Evaluation of WiGlove - A Home-based Rehabilitation Device for Hand and Wrist Therapy after Stroke

Published: 13 March 2023 Publication History

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WiGlove is a passive dynamic orthosis aimed at home-based post-stroke rehabilitation of the hand and wrist. This paper highlights results from WiGlove's formative evaluation as the first step towards its deployment. In this study, twenty healthy participants evaluated the usability and safety of the WiGlove compared to its predecessor, the state-of-the-art SCRIPT Passive Orthosis (SPO). In this within-subject experiment, they performed various tasks such as donning/doffing, adjusting the tension, grasping, etc., with both gloves and rated them using a Likert scale-based questionnaire. The results showed improvements in several aspects of usability and safety. This study provides preliminary evidence of WiGlove's fitness for the next assessment with its intended users, people recovering from stroke with sustained hand and wrist impairment.

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This video presents the results of the usability evaluation of the WiGlove. It is a passive dynamic orthosis designed to assist stroke survivors to perform home-based rehabilitation of their hand and wrist to regain their ability to perform activities of daily life (ADL). It allows hemiparetic stroke survivors to perform flexion exercises while playing interactive games on a tablet and while performing activities of daily life without the assistance of the therapist. This was developed based on the knowledge gained from its predecessor, SCRIPT Passive Orthosis (SPO) and to address its functional and usability limitations. Comparative evaluation by healthy participants found improvements in several aspects of WiGlove's usability such as ease of donning/doffing, unrestricted ab/adduction of the wrist, suitability for ADL, safety and aesthetics compared to SPO.

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HRI '23: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
March 2023
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  1. exoskeleton
  2. hand
  3. home-based therapy
  4. orthosis
  5. stroke rehabilitation
  6. usability
  7. wrist

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