Cafarelli Andrea, Sorriento Angela, Marola Giorgia, Amram Denise, Rabusseau Fabien, Locteau Herve, Cabras Paolo, Dumont Erik, Nakhaei Sam, Jernberger Ake, Bergsten Par, Spinnato Paolo, Russo Alessandro, Ricotti Leonardo
BioRobotics InstituteScuola Superiore Sant'Anna 56127 Pisa Italy.
Department of Excellence in Robotics and AIScuola Superiore Sant'Anna 56127 Pisa Italy.
IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2024 May 31;5:476-484. doi: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3407961. eCollection 2024.
: To evaluate the usability of different technologies designed for a remote assessment of knee osteoarthritis. 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. 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. This study demonstrates a high level of acceptability for the tested portable technologies designed for a potentially remote and frequent assessment of knee osteoarthritis.
为评估设计用于远程评估膝关节骨关节炎的不同技术的可用性。我们招募了11名患有轻度或中度膝关节骨关节炎的患者、11名护理人员和11名临床医生来评估以下技术:用于监测身体活动的腕带、用于测量腿部伸展的检查椅、用于获取皮肤热成像数据的热成像仪、用于测量压力中心的力平衡仪、用于远程超声采集的超声成像系统、一款移动应用程序以及一款临床门户软件。患者、护理人员和临床医生填写了评估可用性的特定问卷。问卷显示所有技术的可用性和用户友好性水平良好,在0至10分的量表上,患者给出的平均分为8.7分,护理人员为8.8分,临床医生为8.5分。这些平均分是通过将评估的单一技术获得的分数汇总并求平均值计算得出的。这项研究表明,所测试的用于对膝关节骨关节炎进行潜在远程和频繁评估的便携式技术具有较高的可接受性。
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