University of Twente Student Theses
Integration of Rehabilitation Exercises for Running Injuries in Daily Living
Schuit, Erik M.A (2024) Integration of Rehabilitation Exercises for Running Injuries in Daily Living.
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| Abstract: | In recent years, the development of rehabilitation tools and technologies has evolved, especially for complex injuries and conditions like individuals who have experienced a stroke. Trends of methods that support or alternatively improve rehabilitation have emerged, like Wearable Technologies, VR treatments and Telerehabilitation. Also, innovations such as running rehabilitation, like Gait retraining therapy, have been coming into the foreground. Finally, interactive rehabilitation exercises that are integrated into ADL, activities of daily life, designed for stroke hand rehabilitation, have shown promising results. However, the situation differs regarding interactive ADL rehabilitation exercises for running injuries. So there still may be undiscovered potential in interactive ADL rehabilitation exercises for running-related injuries. Therefore there is a need for research, focused on exploring new ways to design and integrate interactive running rehabilitation exercises in ADL. This is needed because the main problem with the rehabilitation process is that consistency is important. However, a lack of time management for example can make integrating these exercises into your routine difficult. Thus, the goal of this research was to explore how rehabilitation exercises for running injuries could be integrated into ADL to increase adherence and engagement to these exercises. This meant that a prototype had to be created where this was made possible. After the creation of this tool, a footrest that integrates heel raises into the activity of sitting, user tests and interviews were held to understand the effectiveness of the core goals of this tool. Results showed that, regardless of certain design changes that have to be taken into account when trying to increase adherence, the core principles of integrating an exercise into ADL are possible and worthwhile. However, further testing over a longer period with an improved prototype should be done to conclude the long-term impact of such a tool. For now, this research serves as a starting point for tools to be developed that integrate rehabilitation into ADL. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Subject: | 50 technical science in general |
| Programme: | Creative Technology BSc (50447) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/101023 |
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