Physiotherapists' Views on the Software Monitoring Application of a Wearable Assistive Glove

Abstract

The FutureGlove project aims to further develop the CarbonHand system (a wearable assistive glove) by introducing a new software monitoring application. Within this study, we consulted five physiotherapists during online sessions to gain their views on use of data and patients' empowerment. These first insights suggested that more data needs to be collected than it is doing now to monitor the patients' progress, that therapists would like to personalize the amount of freedom they provide to their patients, and that they would like decision support for algorithms, but they do not fully trust them.