Borrowing a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

Morán, Alberto L.; Orihuela‐Espina, Felipe; Meza-Kubo, Victoria; Grimaldo, Ana I.; Ramírez-Fernández, Cristina; García–Canseco, Eloísa; Oropeza-Salas, Juan Manuel; Sucar, L. Enrique

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03068-5_17

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“…Additionally, we identified that previous experience on the use of computers by the participants did not significantly impacted their usability perception for usefulness, ease of use, intention of use, and user experience. However, we found a significant effect of previous experience on the perception of anxiety [18]. Further details on this study can be found elsewhere [18].…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The results of these studies [18,19] yielded evidence that older adults perceived the use of the borrowed rehabilitation tool as having high usefulness, ease of use and user experience when used as an interaction mechanism for cognitive stimulation. However, the results also show significant differences in their perceptions regarding specific aspects of user experience based on their previous knowledge on the use of technologies similar to the proposed platform (i.e., computer and commercial console games).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…In our previous work, we sought to establish the perception of the elderly regarding the usefulness, ease of use and user experience of Gesture Therapy, a virtual rehabilitation platform [18,19], when used as an interaction means for cognitive stimulation and physical activation, also taking into account the effect of their prior knowledge of the elderly on the use of computer or console games on this perception. The results of these studies [18,19] yielded evidence that older adults perceived the use of the borrowed rehabilitation tool as having high usefulness, ease of use and user experience when used as an interaction mechanism for cognitive stimulation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the first exercise, we conducted a usability and user experience evaluation using self-report techniques [18]; we asked participants about their perceived experience of use after their playing the games. In the second exercise; we conducted an indirect observation usability and user experience evaluation [19]; we asked two experts to review and analyze the videos of the participants' game sessions, and then asked them to give us their opinions about the participants' experience of use.…”

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On the Effect of Previous Technological Experience on the Usability of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

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We present and discuss our findings on the identified causes for the differences of the results of two usability studies on the borrowed use of Gesture Therapy, a virtual rehabilitation tool for the cognitive stimulation and physical activation of elders. The studies focused on usability aspects including perceived usefulness, ease of use, intention of use and user experience. In the first study, we used self-report techniques to gather data, and found that previous technological experience had a significant effect on the perceived anxiety of elders; while on the second study, we used indirect observation techniques to gather data, and found that previous technological experience had a significant effect on the perceived enjoyment of elders. After a further analysis of the video recordings of the playing sessions, we identified that elders developed two different approaches to their using the application (explore-and-learn and score-and-compete), which could be related to their previous technological experience, and explain the identified differences. We observed that in the presence of problems, the response of participants was different depending on the adopted behavior. Based on this evidence, we distilled a set of preliminary guidelines to foster or inhibit certain behaviors and outcomes related to the effect of previous experience that were observed during our evaluation studies of virtual tools for the cognitive stimulation and physical activation of the elderly.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 88%

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confidence: 97%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…The hypothesis is that serious games specifically designed for a certain purpose can escape their realm to be used in other more or less related purposes. In this sense, we are evaluating the appealing of virtual games originally developed for motor rehabilitation in GT, to be used for enhancing cognitive stimulation of older adults (Morán et al, 2013).…”

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New Developments in the Gesture Therapy Platform - Past, Present and Future of our Research

Orihuela-Espina¹,

Álvarez-Cardenas²,

Palafox³

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics

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Abstract:Gesture Therapy (GT) is a virtual rehabilitation tool for the upper arm that has been in the making since 2008, and by now has successfully demonstrated therapeutic validity in two small clinical trials for stroke survivors. During this time, our group has published a number of contributions regarding different aspects of this platform ranging from hardware controllers to artificial intelligence algorithms guiding different aspects of the serious games behaviour, and clinical trial data from observable improvements in dexterity to changes in functional neuroreorganization. As we continue our research efforts in virtual rehabilitation and realising this knowledge in the GT platform, this paper presents an overview of the latest developments as well as a roadmap for future research.

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Revisiting the User Experience of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

Morán

Meza

Ramírez-Fernández

et al. 2014

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Borrowing a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

Cited by 8 publications

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On the Effect of Previous Technological Experience on the Usability of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

On the Effect of Previous Technological Experience on the Usability of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

New Developments in the Gesture Therapy Platform - Past, Present and Future of our Research

Revisiting the User Experience of a Virtual Rehabilitation Tool for the Physical Activation and Cognitive Stimulation of Elders

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