Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis
<italic>Goal</italic>: To evaluate the usability of different technologies designed for a remote assessment of knee osteoarthritis. <italic>Methods:</italic> We recruited eleven patients affected by mild or moderate knee osteoarthritis, eleven caregivers, and eleven clinician...
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| author | Andrea Cafarelli Angela Sorriento Giorgia Marola Denise Amram Fabien Rabusseau Herve Locteau Paolo Cabras Erik Dumont Sam Nakhaei Ake Jernberger Par Bergsten Paolo Spinnato Alessandro Russo Leonardo Ricotti |
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| description | <italic>Goal</italic>: To evaluate the usability of different technologies designed for a remote assessment of knee osteoarthritis. <italic>Methods:</italic> We recruited eleven patients affected by mild or moderate knee osteoarthritis, eleven caregivers, and eleven clinicians to assess the following technologies: a wristband for monitoring physical activity, an examination chair for measuring leg extension, a thermal camera for acquiring skin thermographic data, a force balance for measuring center of pressure, an ultrasound imaging system for remote echographic acquisition, a mobile app, and a clinical portal software. Specific questionnaires scoring usability were filled out by patients, caregivers and clinicians. <italic>Results:</italic> The questionnaires highlighted a good level of usability and user-friendliness for all the technologies, obtaining an average score of 8.7 provided by the patients, 8.8 by the caregivers, and 8.5 by the clinicians, on a scale ranging from 0 to 10. Such average scores were calculated by putting together the scores obtained for the single technologies under evaluation and averaging them. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> This study demonstrates a high level of acceptability for the tested portable technologies designed for a potentially remote and frequent assessment of knee osteoarthritis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-993c646b55194fc9978c945da8efb0be2025-01-30T00:03:43ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology2644-12762024-01-01547648410.1109/OJEMB.2024.340796110543164Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee OsteoarthritisAndrea Cafarelli0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-8652Angela Sorriento1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-4508Giorgia Marola2Denise Amram3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4627-7502Fabien Rabusseau4Herve Locteau5Paolo Cabras6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6153-5928Erik Dumont7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1002-8667Sam Nakhaei8Ake Jernberger9Par Bergsten10Paolo Spinnato11https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-3215Alessandro Russo12Leonardo Ricotti13https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-3742BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, ItalyBioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, ItalyBioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, ItalyDIRPOLIS Institute L'EMbeDS Department of Excellence, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, ItalyImage Guided Therapy (IGT), Pessac, FranceImage Guided Therapy (IGT), Pessac, FranceImage Guided Therapy (IGT), Pessac, FranceImage Guided Therapy (IGT), Pessac, FranceHitech & Development Wireless Sweden AB (H&D Wireless), Kista, SwedenHitech & Development Wireless Sweden AB (H&D Wireless), Kista, SwedenHitech & Development Wireless Sweden AB (H&D Wireless), Kista, SwedenDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, ItalyClinica 2, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, ItalyBioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy<italic>Goal</italic>: To evaluate the usability of different technologies designed for a remote assessment of knee osteoarthritis. <italic>Methods:</italic> We recruited eleven patients affected by mild or moderate knee osteoarthritis, eleven caregivers, and eleven clinicians to assess the following technologies: a wristband for monitoring physical activity, an examination chair for measuring leg extension, a thermal camera for acquiring skin thermographic data, a force balance for measuring center of pressure, an ultrasound imaging system for remote echographic acquisition, a mobile app, and a clinical portal software. Specific questionnaires scoring usability were filled out by patients, caregivers and clinicians. <italic>Results:</italic> The questionnaires highlighted a good level of usability and user-friendliness for all the technologies, obtaining an average score of 8.7 provided by the patients, 8.8 by the caregivers, and 8.5 by the clinicians, on a scale ranging from 0 to 10. Such average scores were calculated by putting together the scores obtained for the single technologies under evaluation and averaging them. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> This study demonstrates a high level of acceptability for the tested portable technologies designed for a potentially remote and frequent assessment of knee osteoarthritis.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10543164/Knee osteoarthritisportable technologiesremote assessmenttelehealthusability evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Cafarelli Angela Sorriento Giorgia Marola Denise Amram Fabien Rabusseau Herve Locteau Paolo Cabras Erik Dumont Sam Nakhaei Ake Jernberger Par Bergsten Paolo Spinnato Alessandro Russo Leonardo Ricotti Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Knee osteoarthritis portable technologies remote assessment telehealth usability evaluation |
| title | Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis |
| title_full | Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis |
| title_fullStr | Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis |
| title_short | Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis |
| title_sort | usability assessment of technologies for remote monitoring of knee osteoarthritis |
| topic | Knee osteoarthritis portable technologies remote assessment telehealth usability evaluation |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10543164/ |
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