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  • engaging children in healthcare Technology design developing Rehabilitation Technology for children with cerebral palsy
    Journal of Engineering Design, 2010
    Co-Authors: Andrew Weightman, Nick Preston, Raymond Holt, Matthew J Allsop, Martin Levesley, B B Bhakta
    Abstract:

    This paper presents a case study of users’ involvement in the design and evaluation of two devices for upper limb Rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy to use in their homes. The devices comprise a computer game and a force feedback interface, designed to stimulate children with cerebral palsy to undertake fun arm exercises that are beneficial in terms of improving overall functional use of their impaired arm. This device was developed for children using a combination of informal and formal user-centred design methods. The methods used include standard questionnaires, interviews, a modified peer tutoring process and a comparative method, and have been applied to the iterative design of both the hardware and software components of the Rehabilitation systems. Thirty-seven non-disabled children and 15 children with cerebral palsy in the 5–12-year-old age group were involved in the evaluation, held at six local primary schools. Prototypes of the final design were used by 18 patients with cerebral pa...

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Bridget M Donaldson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • environmental implications of cured in place pipe Rehabilitation Technology
    Transportation Research Record, 2009
    Co-Authors: Bridget M Donaldson
    Abstract:

    Cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) Technology is commonly used for pipe Rehabilitation, and transportation agencies are increasingly using it to repair damaged pipe culverts. In typical CIPP applications, a lining tube saturated with a styrene-based thermosetting resin is installed into the damaged pipe. Subsequent curing with a heat source results in a pipe within a pipe. In this study, seven styrene-based, steam-cured CIPP installations in surface water and storm water conveyances in Virginia were identified and observed over the course of 1 year. Although the sites were not directly linked to sources of drinking water, styrene levels at five sites were higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's maximum contaminant level for drinking water of 0.1 mg/L. These concentrations were detected at these sites for a minimum of 5 days to 71 days after installation. Certain measurements were also found to exceed the concentration required to kill 50% of several freshwater aquatic indicator species. The findings sug...

Andrew Weightman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • engaging children in healthcare Technology design developing Rehabilitation Technology for children with cerebral palsy
    Journal of Engineering Design, 2010
    Co-Authors: Andrew Weightman, Nick Preston, Raymond Holt, Matthew J Allsop, Martin Levesley, B B Bhakta
    Abstract:

    This paper presents a case study of users’ involvement in the design and evaluation of two devices for upper limb Rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy to use in their homes. The devices comprise a computer game and a force feedback interface, designed to stimulate children with cerebral palsy to undertake fun arm exercises that are beneficial in terms of improving overall functional use of their impaired arm. This device was developed for children using a combination of informal and formal user-centred design methods. The methods used include standard questionnaires, interviews, a modified peer tutoring process and a comparative method, and have been applied to the iterative design of both the hardware and software components of the Rehabilitation systems. Thirty-seven non-disabled children and 15 children with cerebral palsy in the 5–12-year-old age group were involved in the evaluation, held at six local primary schools. Prototypes of the final design were used by 18 patients with cerebral pa...