Wrist-Worn devices to encourage affected upper limb movement in unilateral cerebral palsy: Participatory design workshops.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unilateral (Hemiplegic) cerebral palsy (UCP) causes weakness and stiffness affecting one sided of the body, often impacting activities of daily living. Upper limb therapy at effective intensity is not accessible to most.

Aim

To determine stakeholder views on design of an approach using wrist-worn devices and a smartphone application to encourage use of the affected upper limb for children with hemiplegia.

Method

Four participatory design workshops and one young people's advisory group workshop incorporating views of five young people with hemiplegia, 13 typically developing peers aged 8-18 years, four parents, three occupational therapists, one teacher and two paediatricians. Two special educational needs co-ordinators were consulted separately. Peers were

SUBMITTER: Brown R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9812553 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature