Holt, R, Weightman, A, Gallagher, J et al. (4 more authors) (2013) A System in the Wild: Deploying a Two Player Arm Rehabilitation System for Children With Cerebral Palsy in a School Environment. Journal of Usability Studies, 8 (4). pp. 111-126. ISSN 1931-3357
Abstract
This paper outlines a system for arm rehabilitation for children with upper-limb hemiplegia resulting from cerebral palsy. Our research team designed a two-player, interactive (competitive or collaborative) computer play therapy system that provided powered assistance to children while they played specially designed games that promoted arm exercises. We designed the system for a school environment. To assess the feasibility of deploying the system in a school environment, the research team enlisted the help of teachers and staff in nine schools. Once the system was set up, it was used to deliver therapy without supervision from the research team. Ultimately, the system was found to be suitable for use in schools. However, the overriding need for schools to focus on academic activities meant that children could not use the system enough to achieve the amount of use desired for therapeutic benefit. In this paper, we identify the key challenges encountered during this study. For example, there was a marked reluctance to report system issues (which could have been fixed) that prevented children from using the system. We also discuss future implications of deploying similar studies with this type of system.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2012-2013, User Experience Professionals Association and the authors. Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. URL: http://www.upassoc.org. |
Keywords: | children, cerebral palsy, rehabilitation, schools, interactive computer play-based therapy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biomedical Sciences (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Systems and Design (iESD) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Department of Health K005 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2016 14:59 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2016 14:59 |
Published Version: | http://uxpajournal.org/a-system-in-the-wild-deploy... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | User Experience Professionals Association |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88543 |