Analysis and improvement of the usability of a tele-rehabilitation platform for hip surgery patients

Hennry Pilco; Sandra Sanchez-Gordon; Tania Calle-Jimenez; Yves Rybarczyk; Janio Jadán; Santiago Villarreal; Wilmer Esparza; Patricia Acosta-Vargas; César Guevara; Isabel L. Nunes

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_21

Analysis and improvement of the usability of a tele-rehabilitation platform for hip surgery patients

Hennry Pilco, Sandra Sanchez-Gordon, Tania Calle-Jimenez, Yves Rybarczyk, Janio Jadán, Santiago Villarreal, Wilmer Esparza, Patricia Acosta-Vargas, César Guevara, Isabel L. Nunes

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Abstract

The Tele-Rehabilitation platform for hip surgery allows patients to carry out part of their rehabilitation at home, without the need to travel long distances to a rehabilitation centre. A lack of usability that may prevent effectiveness, efficiency, and the satisfaction of patients, may lead to problems of confusion, error and delay, or even abandonment of the physical therapy. To perform the usability analysis, a set of heuristics were selected relating to aspects such as navigation, visual clarity, coherence, prevention of errors, user guidance, online help and user control. A cognitive walkthrough technique was also applied. With the results of the analysis, the design and implementation of improvements were performed. The web interfaces of the Tele-Rehabilitation platform were evaluated once again and compared with the baseline to ensure there was an improvement in usability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018
Editors	Isabel L. Nunes
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	197-209
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319943336
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_21
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Event	AHFE International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018 - Orlando, United States Duration: 21 Jul 2018 → 25 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	781
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018
Country	United States
City	Orlando
Period	21/07/18 → 25/07/18

Keywords

Cognitive walkthrough evaluation
Heuristic evaluation
Hip surgery
Tele-rehabilitation
Telemedicine
Usability evaluation
Web user interface

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Pilco, H., Sanchez-Gordon, S., Calle-Jimenez, T., Rybarczyk, Y., Jadán, J., Villarreal, S., ... Nunes, I. L. (2019). Analysis and improvement of the usability of a tele-rehabilitation platform for hip surgery patients. In I. L. Nunes (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018 (pp. 197-209). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 781). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_21

Pilco, Hennry ; Sanchez-Gordon, Sandra ; Calle-Jimenez, Tania ; Rybarczyk, Yves ; Jadán, Janio ; Villarreal, Santiago ; Esparza, Wilmer ; Acosta-Vargas, Patricia ; Guevara, César ; Nunes, Isabel L. / Analysis and improvement of the usability of a tele-rehabilitation platform for hip surgery patients. Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018. editor / Isabel L. Nunes. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 197-209 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018. ed. / Isabel L. Nunes. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 197-209 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 781).

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Pilco H, Sanchez-Gordon S, Calle-Jimenez T, Rybarczyk Y, Jadán J, Villarreal S et al. Analysis and improvement of the usability of a tele-rehabilitation platform for hip surgery patients. In Nunes IL, editor, Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 197-209. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_21