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What User-requirements Need to be Considered When Developing a Lower-limb Exoskeleton? A Qualitative Study.

NCT06238206 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2024-04-17

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Summary

The goal of this study is to identify the needs and requirements of end-users regarding the implementation of a lower-limb exoskeleton in a remote home setting. The end-users include older adults with sarcopenia, post-stroke individuals and physiotherapists. The main question it aims to answer is:

• What are the needs and requirements of the end-user population when developing a lower-limb exoskeleton that can be implemented in a remote home setting?

Participants will engage in three separate focus group sessions, in which they will discuss the predetermined topics. Interactions between the participants will be guided by open questions.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Focus group discussion

The participant will be asked to take part in three separate focus group discussions implementing the co-design principle. Following the co-design principle the participants will actively contribute towards the primary outcomes. Open questions will be asked to guide the discussion. Interaction between participants will be encouraged.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eva Swinnen, PhD · Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-17
Primary Completion
2024-04-05
Completion
2024-04-05

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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