On the non-disabled perceptions of four common mobility devices in Norway: a comparative study based on semantic differentials

JAM Boiani, SRM Barili, FO Medola… - Technology and …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Mobility devices such as walkers and wheelchairs are often associated
with certain stigma. Such devices must be designed with the goal of reducing stigma to …

Strategies for developing students' empathy and awareness for the needs of people with disabilities: Contributions to design education

FO Medola, FE Sandnes, ALM Ferrari… - … our World Through …, 2018 - ebooks.iospress.nl
The design of products for people with disabilities requires the understanding of a wide
range of factors related to users' health, functional abilities, needs, expectations and …

Design de produtos assistivos para idosos

FO Medola - Estudos interdisciplinares sobre o envelhecimento, 2020 - seer.ufrgs.br
A promoção de condições para a vida independente é, possivelmente, um dos maiores
desafios decorrentes do fenômeno mundial de envelhecimento populacional. Para as áreas …

Rehabilitation and product design: Towards the inclusion of people with disabilities through interdisciplinary collaboration

FO Medola, FE Sandnes, ACT Rodrigues… - Innovation, engineering …, 2019 - Springer
In low-GDP countries, such as Brazil, many older people and people with disabilities rely on
the public health system for access to assistive devices, which are important to support them …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating Satisfaction and Usability of an Embedded Multi-Sensors Based Autonomous Walker Assistive Device

HA Jasim, HA Lafta - Global Scientific Journal of Biology, vol …, 2022 - gsjpublications.com
In the last several years, there has been a significant breakthrough in technology for mobility
assistance (smart walkers). This fact is a huge incentive to research ways to reduce the …

Marketing of Health care Products: An Empirical Investigation on Needs, Knowledge and Satisfaction with special reference to Elderlies of Assam

B Bhuyan - SPAST Abstracts, 2021 - spast.org
The idea of marketing theory consists of a range of concepts that are used to determine
assumptions and articulate strategies. One such fundamental strategy is the concept of the …

Satisfaction of aged users with mobility assistive devices: A preliminary study of conventional walkers

JAM Boiani, FE Sandnes, LC Paschoarelli… - … Engineering and Design …, 2020 - Springer
Elderly users' satisfaction with their walkers was evaluated. A sample of 13 institutionalized
aged participants were interviewed and responded to the Quebec User Evaluation of …