TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis and improvement of the web accessibility of a tele-rehabilitation platform for hip arthroplasty patients
AU - Calle-Jimenez, Tania
AU - Sanchez-Gordon, Sandra
AU - Rybarczyk, Yves
AU - Jadán, Janio
AU - Villarreal, Santiago
AU - Esparza, Wilmer
AU - Acosta-Vargas, Patricia
AU - Guevara, César
AU - Nunes, Isabel L.
N1 - sem pdf.
Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzado (CEDIA) for partially funding this study through the project “CEPRA XI-2017-15 Tele-rehabilitación”.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This paper explains some of the challenges that exist to make accessible the web interfaces of a Tele-rehabilitation platform for hip arthroplasty patients and propose an iterative method to improve the level of accessibility using automatic evaluation tools. Web accessibility is not concerned with the specific conditions of people who use the Web, but with the impact that their conditions have on their ability to use it. If the web interfaces of the Tele-rehabilitation platform for hip arthroplasty patients are not accessible enough, the patients will not be able to understand, perceive or operate adequately the platform to benefit completely of the physical therapy. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) provides a set of rules and recommendations to help solve the problems of Web accessibility. Additionally, there are evaluation tools that allow identifying main web accessibility problems. These tools are best exploited when used by accessibility experts. The purpose of this research is threefold. First, to present the results of a web accessibility evaluation of the web interfaces of the Tele-rehabilitation Platform for Hip Arthroplasty Patients using three the evaluation tools: WAVE, AChecker and TAW. Second, to analyze the results presented by the tools according to the WCAG 2.0 guidelines to define a list of accessibility improvements. Third, to implement the improvements through the re-factorization of the existing code and re-testing the improved web interfaces to verify that they meet acceptable accessibility levels.
AB - This paper explains some of the challenges that exist to make accessible the web interfaces of a Tele-rehabilitation platform for hip arthroplasty patients and propose an iterative method to improve the level of accessibility using automatic evaluation tools. Web accessibility is not concerned with the specific conditions of people who use the Web, but with the impact that their conditions have on their ability to use it. If the web interfaces of the Tele-rehabilitation platform for hip arthroplasty patients are not accessible enough, the patients will not be able to understand, perceive or operate adequately the platform to benefit completely of the physical therapy. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) provides a set of rules and recommendations to help solve the problems of Web accessibility. Additionally, there are evaluation tools that allow identifying main web accessibility problems. These tools are best exploited when used by accessibility experts. The purpose of this research is threefold. First, to present the results of a web accessibility evaluation of the web interfaces of the Tele-rehabilitation Platform for Hip Arthroplasty Patients using three the evaluation tools: WAVE, AChecker and TAW. Second, to analyze the results presented by the tools according to the WCAG 2.0 guidelines to define a list of accessibility improvements. Third, to implement the improvements through the re-factorization of the existing code and re-testing the improved web interfaces to verify that they meet acceptable accessibility levels.
KW - ACHECKER
KW - Hip arthroplasty
KW - Physical therapy
KW - TAW
KW - Tele-rehabilitation
KW - Telemedicine
KW - WAVE
KW - Web accessibility
KW - Web accessibility evaluation tools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049618371&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_24
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_24
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049618371
SN - 978-3-319-94333-6
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 233
EP - 245
BT - Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018
A2 - Nunes, Isabel L.
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2018
Y2 - 21 July 2018 through 25 July 2018
ER -