Analysis of computer input operation by patients with tetraplegia

Author

Tanimoto, Yuta ; Rokumyo, Y. ; Furusawa, Kazuya ; Tokuhiro, Akihiro ; Takami, K. ; Suzuki, Y. ; Ukida, Hideyuki ; Yamamoto, H.

Author_Institution

Kibikogen Rehabilitation Center, Okayama

fYear

2004

fDate

Aug. 30 2004-Sept. 1 2004

Firstpage

435

Lastpage

440

Abstract

In rehabilitation medicine, the patients with tetraplegia are trained how to operate the computer as rehabilitation. It is necessary for medical staffs to evaluate the computer input ability of patients with tetraplegia. We measured the position locus of the mouse cursor when patients operate the computer using a ball mouse. In this paper, we calculate eight parameters and illustrate these parameters on a radar plot to evaluate the computer input ability of patient with tetraplegia. Using radar plot, medical staff can evaluate the computer input ability and then recommend the best computer input device for each patient

Keywords

handicapped aids; human computer interaction; mouse controllers (computers); patient rehabilitation; performance evaluation; computer input device; computer operation rehabilitation; patient computer input ability evaluation; patient computer input operation analysis; rehabilitation medicine; tetraplegia patient; Area measurement; Computer science education; Keyboards; Mice; Performance evaluation; Position measurement; Radar tracking; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Cybernetics, 2004. ICCC 2004. Second IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8588-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCYB.2004.1437769

Filename

1437769