Table 2

Therapists' ratings of prototype operation.


No Power
Low Power
Medium Power
High Power

Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD

Comfort
3.75
0.46
3.75
0.46
3.63
0.52
3.63
0.52
Comfort-P
2.69
1.28
3.13
0.99
3.50
0.76
3.38
0.74
Safety
4.00
0.00
4.00
0.00
3.88
0.35
3.75
0.71
Safety-P
3.25
1.16
3.63
0.74
3.63
0.74
3.38
0.92
QOM
4.00
0.00
3.75
0.46
3.38
0.74
3.38
0.92
QOM-P
3.75
0.71
3.88
0.35
3.19
0.84
3.06
0.78

Mean and standard deviation (SD) of haptic platform responses for comfort level, perceived safety, and quality of motion (QOM) with respect to therapists' own experience with the prototype and their opinion of prototype suitability for use with stroke patients (denoted by -P suffix). Ratings are from 1 (bad) to 4 (good), N = 8.

Lam et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2008 5:15   doi:10.1186/1743-0003-5-15