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Design and evaluation of the Afari: A three-wheeled mobility and balance support device for outdoor exercise. Afari 的设计与评估：用于户外运动的三轮移动和平衡支持装置。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2021.1976885

Mohsen Alizadeh Noghani, Drew Browning, Vincent Caccese, Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen Gilson, Ryan Beaumont, Babak Hejrati

{"title":"Design and evaluation of the Afari: A three-wheeled mobility and balance support device for outdoor exercise.","authors":"Mohsen Alizadeh Noghani, Drew Browning, Vincent Caccese, Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen Gilson, Ryan Beaumont, Babak Hejrati","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2021.1976885","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10400435.2021.1976885","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the engineering design and preliminary testing of the AfariTM mobility device and the integrated IntracTM activity tracking system. The patented Afari design is a three-wheeled device that assists users of any age with mobility impairments with outdoor exercise and movement in various environments and surfaces. We devised methods for testing of the Afari to ensure safe and flexible mobility assistance and demonstrated a high level of stability and structural integrity suitable for vigorous outdoor exercise. A smartphone-based sensing system, the Intrac, was designed for and integrated with the Afari to monitor the user's interaction forces and important gait parameters. The Intrac offers a graphical user interface for displaying and sharing measurements with users and providers, and the accuracy of its measurements was validated by testing its individual components. A preliminary subject study showed that the participants could use the Afari for various levels of weight compensation during walking, while the Intrac enabled the measurement of interactive forces on their arms and key gait parameters. The results demonstrate the potential of the Afari and Intrac to provide a safe walking experience in a variety of terrains and continuously monitor users' gait.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"378-387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39413325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development and content validation of the Electronic Instrumental activities of daily living Satisfaction Assessment (EISA) outcome tool. 电子日常生活活动满意度评估（EISA）结果工具的开发和内容验证。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2021-07-28 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2021.1953192

Abbas H Quamar, Mark R Schmeler, Diane M Collins, Richard M Schein

{"title":"Development and content validation of the Electronic Instrumental activities of daily living Satisfaction Assessment (EISA) outcome tool.","authors":"Abbas H Quamar, Mark R Schmeler, Diane M Collins, Richard M Schein","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2021.1953192","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10400435.2021.1953192","url":null,"abstract":"This study describes the development and content validation of the Electronic Instrumental activities of daily living Satisfaction Assessment (EISA), a self-report outcome measure for assessing satisfaction with completing instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) for People With Disabilities (PWD) using internet-Connected Assistive Devices (iCAD). For this study, an iCAD is defined as any information communication technology/electronic device or software that assists with promoting, maintaining, and/or enhancing the ability of a PWD to live independently in society. Phase 1 of development involved generating an initial item pool based on a literature review. Content validity of the EISA was computed in Phase 2 using the Qualtrics on-line research platform. Utilizing the content validity index procedure, EISA demonstrated acceptable content validity: item level (I-CVI of 0.78 or higher) and scale level (S-CVI/Ave of 0.90 or higher). EISA version 1.0 was generated in Phase 3 where it is the first of its kind outcome measure specifically designed for assessing satisfaction with completing IADL for PWD using iCAD.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"360-365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39160883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The coronavirus pandemic: Accessible technology for education, employment, and livelihoods. 冠状病毒大流行：促进教育、就业和生计的无障碍技术。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2021-11-23 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2021.1980836

DeeDee Bennett Gayle, X Yuan, T Knight

{"title":"The coronavirus pandemic: Accessible technology for education, employment, and livelihoods.","authors":"DeeDee Bennett Gayle, X Yuan, T Knight","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2021.1980836","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10400435.2021.1980836","url":null,"abstract":"During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the use of technology to continue societal functions, maintain daily living, and gather information became near ubiquitous overnight. In the United States, universities moved to remote online education, non-essential personnel were asked to work from home, many businesses were forced to rapidly embrace online purchasing and even entertainers held concerts on social media platforms. Professional medical personnel, as well as state and local officials, held daily press briefings about the virus on television, radio, and social media. Disaster research has shown that often disasters exacerbate preexisting inequalities during all-hazards and therefore there are several populations likely to be more at risk, such as people with disabilities, and older adults. While complications from the coronavirus were more severe for older adults and those with preexisting health conditions, the preparedness and response efforts to contain the virus lessened the resiliency of other populations during the US outbreaks, potentially hampering their ability to recover at the same rate. For example, several press conferences from officials failed to include or display ASL interpreters. This would put some Americans at a disadvantage since they may have been unable to receive all of the pertinent information on how to keep safe. Furthermore, with nearly 22% of households without broadband internet access (per Pew Research Center), several individuals will not be able to take advantage of the rapid remote learning and work-from-home recommendations. Even when individuals have access to the Internet, older adults have been found to be less knowledgeable about privacy and security tools than younger adults.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"352-359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39918635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bridging the gap in assistive technology access at the Paris Paralympic Games. 缩小巴黎残奥会辅助技术使用方面的差距。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-20 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2384837

Louise Puli, Emma M Smith

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Rehabilitation professional and user evaluation of an integrated push-pull lever drive system for wheelchair mobility. 用于轮椅移动的综合推拉杠杆驱动系统的康复专业人员和用户评估。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2020-11-12 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2020.1836068

Hailee R Kulich, Sarah R Bass, Alicia M Koontz

{"title":"Rehabilitation professional and user evaluation of an integrated push-pull lever drive system for wheelchair mobility.","authors":"Hailee R Kulich, Sarah R Bass, Alicia M Koontz","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2020.1836068","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10400435.2020.1836068","url":null,"abstract":"Wheeled mobility devices enable persons with limited mobility to maintain an independent lifestyle. Lever-drive propulsion options have been shown to increase wheeled mobility device efficiency while reducing physical strain on users. Despite these benefits, they have not been widely adopted for everyday use. Two novel lever-drive devices (RoScooter and RoTrike) provide an alternative to pushrim propulsion by using an integrated front-and-center push-pull lever mechanism. The objectives of this study were to assess the usability and performance of the lever-drive devices using both rehabilitation professional and user feedback. The study enrolled 17 rehabilitation professionals and 13 users who performed various mobility tasks to rate the performance of the RoScooter and RoTrike for ease of use, stability, safety, appearance, and comfort. Users were graded on their performance using a scoring system based on the Wheelchair Skills Test. Rehabilitation professionals suggested improvements in regard to adjustability, maneuverability, target population, and appearance, preferring the operations of the RoScooter to the RoTrike. Users reported that the devices were entertaining and easy to use, but improvements in adjustability, reversal methods, and operation options to appeal to a wider range of consumers are needed before lever-drive devices are suitable to replace or supplement current wheeled mobility devices.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"329-337"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38507585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Collaborative consensus on assistive technology impacts and outcomes: the GAATO Grand Challenges. 就辅助技术的影响和成果达成合作共识：GAATO 大挑战。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2389139

Emma Smith, Natasha Layton, Roger Smith

{"title":"Collaborative consensus on assistive technology impacts and outcomes: the GAATO Grand Challenges.","authors":"Emma Smith, Natasha Layton, Roger Smith","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2024.2389139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2024.2389139","url":null,"abstract":"Capturing the outcomes of assistive technology (AT) is essential to know what works and what is needed. People across the globe are working to close the gap of unmet need for AT, and to enable access to quality AT products and services. Inconsistent terminology, measures and a lack of coordinated systems prevent the sharing of knowledge, and the lack of articulated global priorities limit the usefulness of data for policymakers and resource allocation decisions. This paper provides methods of a global \"Grand Challenge\" project, run by the Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organizations, and describes the resulting challenges. A multiphase, mixed method approach founded on participatory principles sought to capture multi-country and multi-stakeholder perspectives \"from the ground up.\" A collaborative consensus method was adapted to document and distil AT challenge data from global regions, to refine this data with global stakeholder organizations, and to publish a shortlist of AT Grand Challenges. The 2022 Grand Challenges in Outcomes and Impact are 1) measuring need, 2) documenting inputs, 3) measuring outcomes, 4) measure impacts, 5) sharing data, and 6) informing policy. The challenge now remains to work together to resolve them.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating the efficacy of UNav: A computer vision-based navigation aid for persons with blindness or low vision. 评估 UNav 的功效：基于计算机视觉的盲人或低视力者导航辅助工具。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2382113

Anbang Yang, Nattachart Tamkittikhun, Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Vinay Ramdhanie, Thu Vu, Mahya Beheshti, Todd Hudson, Rajesh Vedanthan, Wachara Riewpaiboon, Pattanasak Mongkolwat, Chen Feng, John-Ross Rizzo

{"title":"Evaluating the efficacy of UNav: A computer vision-based navigation aid for persons with blindness or low vision.","authors":"Anbang Yang, Nattachart Tamkittikhun, Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Vinay Ramdhanie, Thu Vu, Mahya Beheshti, Todd Hudson, Rajesh Vedanthan, Wachara Riewpaiboon, Pattanasak Mongkolwat, Chen Feng, John-Ross Rizzo","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2024.2382113","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10400435.2024.2382113","url":null,"abstract":"UNav is a computer-vision-based localization and navigation aid that provides step-by-step route instructions to reach selected destinations without any infrastructure in both indoor and outdoor environments. Despite the initial literature highlighting UNav's potential, clinical efficacy has not yet been rigorously evaluated. Herein, we assess UNav against standard in-person travel directions (SIPTD) for persons with blindness or low vision (PBLV) in an ecologically valid environment using a non-inferiority design. Twenty BLV subjects (age = 38 ± 8.4; nine females) were recruited and asked to navigate to a variety of destinations, over short-range distances (<200 m), in unfamiliar spaces, using either UNav or SIPTD. Navigation performance was assessed with nine dependent variables to assess travel confidence, as well as spatial and temporal performances, including path efficiency, total time, and wrong turns. The results suggest that UNav is not only non-inferior to the standard-of-care in wayfinding (SIPTD) but also superior on 8 out of 9 metrics, as compared to SIPTD. This study highlights the range of benefits computer vision-based aids provide to PBLV in short-range navigation and provides key insights into how users benefit from this systematic form of computer-aided guidance, demonstrating transformative promise for educational attainment, gainful employment, and recreational participation.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141977161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using the center of gravity to help blind people measure water levels in bottles. 利用重心帮助盲人测量瓶中的水位。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2386036

Kuang-Chin Tai

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Development of a multi-level assistive technology focused technology translation training program. 开发以辅助技术为重点的多层次技术转化培训计划。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2384940

Michelle Zorrilla, Fuzexia Guo, Mary Goldberg, Jonathan Pearlman

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Mediated and non-mediated tactile fingerspelling: a comparative study. 介导和非介导触觉手指拼读：一项比较研究。

IF 2.5 4区医学

Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2369547

Sven Topp, Shuangshuang Xiao, Basil Duvernoy, Jeraldine Milroy, Zhanat Kappassov, Nurlan Kabdyshev, Roope Raisamo, Vincent Hayward, Mounia Ziat

{"title":"Mediated and non-mediated tactile fingerspelling: a comparative study.","authors":"Sven Topp, Shuangshuang Xiao, Basil Duvernoy, Jeraldine Milroy, Zhanat Kappassov, Nurlan Kabdyshev, Roope Raisamo, Vincent Hayward, Mounia Ziat","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2024.2369547","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10400435.2024.2369547","url":null,"abstract":"In the development of communication devices for individuals who are Deafblind, a significant challenge is achieving a seamless transition from human-generated to technology-mediated communication. This study compares the intelligibility of the Australian Deafblind tactile fingerspelling alphabet rendered on the HaptiComm tactile communication device with the same alphabet articulated by a human signer. After a short training period, participants identified the 26 English alphabet letters in both the mediated (device) and non-mediated (human) conditions. Results indicated that while participants easily identified most letters in the non-mediated condition, the mediated condition was more difficult to decipher. Specifically, letters presented on the palm or near the index finger had significantly lower recognition rates. These findings highlight the need for further research on the tactile features of communication devices and emphasize the importance of refining these features to enhance the reliability and readability of mediated tactile communication produced through tactile fingerspelling.","PeriodicalId":51568,"journal":{"name":"Assistive Technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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