Identifying requirements of an IMU-based gait assessment interface for incomplete spinal cord injury through user-centred design approach

For most patients with an incomplete spinal cord injury, gait rehabilitation plays a key role in functional recovery. Gait is usually assessed by physiotherapists and physicians through observational analysis or specialized personnel laboratory analysis. However, prone to misjudgment, complex time-consuming. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) could be interesting alternative bring objective closer the actual healthcare providers. This article focuses on identifying requirements of IMU-based assessment interface for use clinical setting physiotherapists. The design process consisted four stages: (1) user research identify physicians’ physiotherapists’ needs expectations, context wherein system will used; (2) analysing interpreting results collect insights define vision; (3) conceptualization evaluation initial concepts layout visualization parameters; (4) developing evaluating prototype interface. Future need conducted further develop usability functionality