Designing feelings into lower-limb prostheses - A kansei engineering approach to understand lower-limb prosthetic cosmeses.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: This study aimed to quantify the relationship between prosthetic users' emotional response to prosthesis aesthetics and specific product properties. Methods: Words representing prosthesis users' emotional response (Kansei) to different aesthetic designs of prostheses were identified via interviews and mood boards. A group of experts consolidated the words into thematic groups, each represented by a single, high-level 'Kansei' word. 53 lower limb prosthesis users completed a questionnaire, rating their perception of 13 aesthetic designs using the 'Kansei' words. Quantification Theory Type 1 was applied to explore the relationship between words and product properties. Sub-analyses assessed for differences based on sex, age and level of extroversion. Results:

SUBMITTER: Ramstrand N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489910 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature