Interactive design -- the desire for autonomous upright mobility: a longitudinal case study.

When a child is born with a motor disability, making it difficult or impossible to acquire independent locomotion, a challenging task is to find assistive compensating technology. This study addresses the motor needs of a child, Hanna, with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA II). She participated in the d...

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Publicado en:Technology & Disability Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 213 - 225
Autor principal: Flodin E
Formato: case study pictorial research Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2007
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        affil: Certec, Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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          Ambulation Aids In Infancy and Childhood
          Muscular Disorders, Atrophic Physiopathology
          Physical Mobility In Infancy and Childhood
          Child
          Child, Preschool
          Consumer Participation
          Equipment Design
          Female
          Infant
          Prospective Studies
          Human
          Child: 6-12 years
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Infant: 1-23 months
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      ab: When a child is born with a motor disability, making it difficult or impossible to acquire independent locomotion, a challenging task is to find assistive compensating technology. This study addresses the motor needs of a child, Hanna, with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA II). She participated in the development of her assistive technology, with a focus on her independent locomotion and posture, during her infancy, childhood and early teens in a longitudinal and interactive design project. From the very beginning, she expressed a strong attraction to autonomous upright mobility, in contrast to the more common sitting posture in a wheelchair. She has used different versions of the resulting powered walking aid ever since. The upright independent locomotion it has afforded has been of major importance for her self-image, independence and physical development.
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