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Rehabilitation is essential to the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Self-rehabilitation is rather a good way to keep it effective but its execution turns out to be often uncertain. A mobile application could help people suffering from MS practice those self-rehabilitation exercises at home. Indeed, therapists could manage and program exercises, and patients could follow therapists’ programs through a mobile app. We are reporting the results of a study aimed at guiding the conception of a mobile application that would be attractive to people with MS. Therefore, a survey was carried out among users. We did one-on-one interviews with people with MS and focus groups to discuss with their therapists. The results are leading to an application that should be centered on people’s occupation, and with playful components in order to provoke interest and investment.
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Chassan, C., Jost, C., Sévène, M., Cras, O., De Broucker, T., Archambault, D. (2020). A User Study About Designing a Mobile App for Motivating Multiple Sclerosis Patients for Self-rehabilitation. In: Miesenberger, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Peňáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12377. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_28
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