Identification of Users' Needs for Pediatric Upper Extremity Exoskeletons.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q3 PEDIATRICS

Pediatric Physical Therapy Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-13 DOI:10.1097/PEP.0000000000001109

Bai Li, Sydney Arcemont, Michele A Lobo

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Abstract

Purpose: Identify users' needs for pediatric upper extremity (UE) exoskeletons and how users would like exoskeletons to serve their needs.

Methods: Qualitative study design with semi-structured interviews performed with families who are English-speaking with a child aged 3 to 16 years with a chronic need for UE assistance to perform activities. Content analysis was conducted for the responses.

Results: Twenty-two parents and 12 children among 21 families participated. Families identified key personal care, function and mobility, manual interaction, academic, recreational, and social activities they would like devices to support. Families rated the importance of a variety of design factors. Families using UE wearable assistive devices noted that they better met their functional needs relative to other needs. Families provided design suggestions for future exoskeletons, including preferences for attachment mechanisms, fasteners, and control systems.

Conclusions: This study provides important information to guide the prescription and design of UE exoskeletons for pediatric populations.

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确定用户对小儿上肢外骨骼的需求。

目的：确定用户对小儿上肢（UE）外骨骼的需求，以及用户希望外骨骼如何满足他们的需求：方法：采用定性研究设计，通过半结构化访谈的方式，对孩子年龄在 3-16 岁之间、长期需要上肢外展辅助活动的英语家庭进行访谈。对回答进行了内容分析：结果：21 个家庭中的 22 名家长和 12 名儿童参加了访谈。家庭确定了他们希望设备支持的主要个人护理、功能和活动能力、手动互动、学习、娱乐和社交活动。家庭对各种设计因素的重要性进行了评分。使用 UE 可穿戴辅助设备的家庭指出，相对于其他需求，这些设备能更好地满足他们的功能需求。家庭为未来的外骨骼提供了设计建议，包括对连接机制、紧固件和控制系统的偏好：本研究提供了重要信息，可为儿科人群的处方和 UE 外骨骼设计提供指导（Pediatr Phys Ther 2024;35:304-312）。

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Pediatric Physical Therapy PEDIATRICS-REHABILITATION

CiteScore

1.50

自引率

18.80%

发文量

147

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Pediatric Physical Therapy is an indexed international journal, that publishes peer reviewed research related to the practice of physical therapy for children with movement disorders. The editorial board is comprised of an international panel of researchers and clinical scholars that oversees a rigorous peer review process. The journal serves as the official journal for the pediatric physical therapy professional organizations in the Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The journal includes articles that support evidenced based practice of physical therapy for children with neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and developmental conditions that lead to disorders of movement, and research reports that contribute to the foundational sciences of pediatric physical therapy, ranging from biomechanics and pediatric exercise science to neurodevelopmental science. To these ends the journal publishes original research articles, systematic reviews directed to specific clinical questions that further the science of physical therapy, clinical guidelines and case reports that describe unusual conditions or cutting edge interventions with sound rationale. The journal adheres to the ethical standards of theInternational Committee of Medical Journal Editors.