An Innovative Approach towards Incorporating the End User to the NMES Wearable System Development

Anelise Ventura, João Marcos Peron Bataglia, Leonardo Mendes Ribeiro Machado, Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva, Renato Varoto, Renato Varoto, Alberto Cliquet Jr., Alberto Cliquet Jr., Alberto Cliquet Jr.

2020

Abstract

This work presents a portable and customized wearable system design towards applying Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) to tetraplegicsúpper limbs patients, from creation to production, with users’ participation into the design process. The rehabilitation system protocol for reach and grasp movements developed by an academic research group, currently applied to patients, has already proven to be effective. However, the current system and recently published researches, demonstrate proposals distancing from those who will use and manipulate it, with limitations and failures evidenced. The propose wearable system integrates electrodes and electronic components activated by a smartphone app to improve the performance of upper limb movements and optimize the system, making it more functional for your users. The methodology includes (1) Design Thinking process, (2) Parametric Design process and three dimensional production, (3) Reduction of the electronic circuits, (4) Development of Android application for setting NMES protocols and (5) Workbench tests and users experimentation. The methodology in this new approach of development proved to be feasible and effective. Results have shown that including the end users and health professionals in the design process to develop wearable system is a promising strategy to overcome the limitations of the NMES systems.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ventura A., Bataglia J., Machado L., Lopes da Silva J., Varoto R. and Cliquet Jr. A. (2020). An Innovative Approach towards Incorporating the End User to the NMES Wearable System Development. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES; ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, SciTePress, pages 192-199. DOI: 10.5220/0009095401920199

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices20,
author={Anelise Ventura and João Marcos Peron Bataglia and Leonardo Mendes Ribeiro Machado and Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva and Renato Varoto and Alberto Cliquet Jr.},
title={An Innovative Approach towards Incorporating the End User to the NMES Wearable System Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES},
year={2020},
pages={192-199},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009095401920199},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES
TI - An Innovative Approach towards Incorporating the End User to the NMES Wearable System Development
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Ventura A.
AU - Bataglia J.
AU - Machado L.
AU - Lopes da Silva J.
AU - Varoto R.
AU - Cliquet Jr. A.
PY - 2020
SP - 192
EP - 199
DO - 10.5220/0009095401920199
PB - SciTePress