Evaluation Results of an Ontology-based Design Model of Virtual Environments for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients.

Journal: Methods of information in medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: 1) To enhance the content of an ontology for designing virtual environments (VEs) for upper limb motor rehabilitation of stroke patients according to the suggestions and comments of rehabilitation specialists and software developers, 2) to characterize the perceived importance level of the ontology, 3) to determine the perceived usefulness of the ontology, and 4) to identify the safety characteristics of the ontology for VEs design according to the rehabilitation specialists.

Authors

  • Cristina Ramírez-Fernández
    Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, 22860, Mexico, E-mail: cristina_ramirez@uabc.edu.mx.
  • Alberto L Morán
    Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Km. 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Mexico. Electronic address: alberto.moran@uabc.edu.mx.
  • Eloisa García-Canseco
    Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Km. 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Mexico. Electronic address: gilberto.galindo.aldana@uabc.edu.mx.
  • Jorge R Gómez-Montalvo