Kundanpassning av ett rehabiliteringsverktyg

Sammanfattning

To be able to move around without having to think about each movement is for most people a

matter of course. Todays society contributes to a life at high speed where the sparetime is often

spend doing somekind of sport, even extreme sports which earlier only a few people where

doing. This leads to not only good health effects but also to more injuries. One of the most

common injuries is the knee injury.

Capio Artro Clinic is a clinic specialized in sports medicine and particulary patients with injuries

in knee, shoulder, foot, hip or elbow. They perform a great part of all the crucial ligament

surgeries in Sweden and has therefor also a lot of patients in need for rehabilitation of the knee.

During the rehabilitation the load of the injuried knee is increased in steps. To control this load

the physiotherapists at the Artro Clinic want to have an instrument that measure and display the

percentage load on each leg as a feedback during the rehabilitation exercises.

The aim of this thesis was to develope a concept for such an instrument that will fullfill the

requirements from the physiotherapists at Artro but also all the requirements they do not think

of, but is needed in order to make the instrument functional and userfriendly. The instrument also

has to fullfill the requirements from external laws and regulations.

The work started with a theoretical study to create a solid background for the project. Then the

work continued with observations and interviews at the Artro Clinic. The conclusions from those

then formed the base for the specifications of needs and requirements on the instrument. In

addition to the work with the concept a list with guidelines on how to make a list of requriements

was made.

In the end of the project a concept for an instrument was made. The concept is using the same

technology as a former project which needs to be adjusted to fit together with the design of the

instrument. The concept was evaluated and tested with help of a functional prototyp, which had

some of the instruments function build in and a physical prototype that only showed the external

design of the instrument.

The need for an instrument that can give real time feedback on how the percentage of load is

divided for a patient is big. Such kind of an instrument has a huge potential to improve the work

of the physiotherapists and at the same time improve the patients understanding for their own

problem.