Towards User-Centred Prosthetics Research Beyond the Laboratory.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore a range of perspectives on how academic research and clinical assessment of upper-limb prosthetics could happen in environments outside of laboratories and clinics, such as within peoples' homes. Two co-creation workshops were held, which included people who use upper limb prosthetic devices (hereafter called users), clinicians, academics, a policy stakeholder, and a representative from the upper-limb prosthetics industry (hereafter called professionals). The discussions during the workshops indicate that research and clinical assessment conducted remotely from a laboratory or clinic could inform future solutions that address user needs. Users were open to the idea of sharing sensor and contextual data from within their homes to external laboratorie

SUBMITTER: Jones H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048479 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature