User-centered design and development of a trunk control device for persons with spinal cord injury: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Context/objective

There are no wheelchair products designed to allow users to dynamically control trunk posture to both significantly improve functional reach and provide pressure relief during forward lean. This pilot study sought to (1) gather stakeholder desires regarding necessary features for a trunk control system and (2) subsequently develop and pilot test a first-generation trunk control prototype.

Design

Multi-staged mixed methods study design.

Setting

Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN.

Participants

Eight people with spinal cord injuries were recruited to participate in a focus group. Five participants returned to discuss, rate, and select a design concepts for prototype development. Two participants returned to test the first-g

SUBMITTER: Looft JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246101 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature