Abstract Purpose of the Study Participatory design (PD) is widely used within
gerontechnology but there is no common understanding about which methods are used for …

Background Telehealth interventions, that is, health care provided over a distance using
information and communication technology, are suggested as a solution to rising health care …

This paper describes an approach that we have evolved for developing successful digital
interventions to help people manage their health or illness. We refer to this as the “person …

Background Academic literature and international standards bodies suggest that user
involvement, via the incorporation of human factors engineering methods within the medical …

Objectives: Exoskeletons are electromechanical devices that are worn by a human operator
to increase their physical performance. Several exoskeletons have been developed to …

Individuals with complex communication needs often use alternative access technologies to
control their augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, their computers …

Implanted brain–computer interfaces (iBCIs) translate brain activity recorded intracranially
into commands for virtual or physical machines to restore or rehabilitate motor, sensory or …

Background Adequate self-management skills are of great importance for patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the impact of COPD …

Background Machine‐learning algorithms and big data analytics, popularly known as
'artificial intelligence'(AI), are being developed and taken up globally. Patient and public …

Background: Physical activity is an important aspect in the treatment of patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease or type-2 diabetes. A monitoring and feedback tool combined …