This study aims to research patients suffering from stroke using a device to improve their rehabilitation process through motivation and remote tracking from the clinician. At this stage, the study focuses on evaluating the usability of that device.
You will be asked to perform simple rehabilitation exercises in front of an Azure Kinect camera to test the device. The camera footage is used to track your movements and all footage is instantly discarded and not saved or stored in any way.
Then, you will have to answer a set of questions about your experience with the device. These questions will be related to how easy to use and understand you feel it is, and if you think it’s useful.
The introduction to the system and the demonstration/testing should not take longer than 15 -20 min. You will then be asked to fill in a brief questionnaire about the system, which will take another 10 min.
Answers will be recorded through a paper-based or digital questionnaire and all answers will be automatically anonymized. This way, the researcher will not have access to any information that could be related to you. Complete questionnaires will be used to analyse the usability of the device.
Your information will be collated together with all the participants’ data, and subject to analysis. These results will then be analyses and reported in further research papers.
Answers will be recorded through a paper-based or digital questionnaire and all answers will be automatically anonymized since any personal question will be asked. This way, the researcher will not have access to any information that could be related to you.
When you decide to take part, you are free to withdraw from the study at any stage without giving a reason.
Firstly, the researcher at Durham University (Dr Christian Garske), and then to the supervisor of the project (Prof Dorothy Monekosso).
