A new user-centered design approach: A hair washing assistive device design for users with shoulder mobility restriction

被引：20

作者：

Wu, Fong-Gong ^{[1
]}

Ma, Min-Yuan ^{[1
]}

Chang, Ro-Han ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Ind Design, Tainan 70101, Taiwan

来源：

APPLIED ERGONOMICS | 2009年 / 40卷 / 05期

关键词：

User-centered design; Design process; Assistive device; PRODUCT EVALUATION; ERGONOMICS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.apergo.2009.01.002

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

This study utilized a user-centered design approach as the foundation for a new Assistive Device (AD) design process. Observation and evaluation results from a Usability Context Analysis (UCA) was used to improve the analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT Analysis) and the matrix of Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Strengths (TOWS matrix), resulting in two assistive device design methods named AD-SWOT and AD-TOWS. Thus, an AD-design process, tailored for designing assistive devices, was both established and tested. Owing to the information gained from using the design processes and evaluating product efficiency with various cases in the early part of the research, it was decided to use the AD-design process for the entire design process. Using this process, an adjustable hair washer for physically disabled individuals to wash their hair using normal postures was developed. Furthermore, the method derived in this study can also be applied to users suffering from single-sided shoulder-joint mobility disabilities, such as frontal flexion, scapular plan elevation, and restricted abductors. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：878 / 886

页数：9

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