期刊
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
卷 9, 期 4, 页码 318-329出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2013.822024
关键词
Amputation; assistive technology; control schemes; prosthetics
资金
- VA RRD [A6780, A6780I]
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- U.S. Army Research Office
Purpose: The DEKA Arm, a pre-commercial upper limb prosthesis, funded by the DARPA Revolutionizing Prosthetics Program, offers increased degrees of freedom while requiring a large number of user control inputs to operate. To address this challenge, DEKA developed prototype foot controls. Although the concept of utilizing foot controls to operate an upper limb prosthesis has been discussed for decades, only small-sized studies have been performed and no commercial product exists. The purpose of this paper is to report amputee user perspectives on using three different iterations of foot controls to operate the DEKA Arm. Method: Qualitative data was collected from 36 subjects as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Study to Optimize the DEKA Arm through surveys, interviews, audio memos, and videotaped sessions. Three major, interrelated themes were identified using the constant comparative method: attitudes towards foot controls, psychomotor learning and physical experience of using foot controls. Results: Feedback about foot controls was generally positive for all iterations. The final version of foot controls was viewed most favorably. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that foot controls are a viable control option that can enable control of a multifunction upper limb prosthesis (the DEKA Arm).
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