Product design of post-stroke static bicycle

Abstract

This research was conducted to design a standart static bicycle for post-stroke patients using Quality Function Deployment method combined Analytic Hierachy Process, Value engineering, and Brainstorming model. The product was designed from strong metal material, portable, by considering the strength to withstand the load, ergonomic aspects, and the stability. Quality Function Deployment was used to determine the characteristics of the product. pair wise comparison in Analytic Hierachy Process model was chosen to obtain and identify the optimum attributes alternative. Meanwhile, Brainstorming applied to collect and generate various ideas of characteristic products. Open and closed questionnaire were used as a survey tool. The results showed that optimum weight is on the backrest material, while the smallest weight is the color of the additional function.