A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies

A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies

A growing interest in Socially Assistive Robotics in Physical Rehabilitation is currently observed; some of the benefits highlight the capability of a social robot to support and assist rehabilitation procedures. This paper presents a perception study that aimed to evaluate clinicians’ and patients’...

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Main Authors: Denniss Raigoso, Nathalia Céspedes, Carlos A. Cifuentes, Antonio J. del-Ama, Marcela Múnera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
social robots
physical rehabilitation
perception
gait rehabilitation
lokomat
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/738
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spelling doaj-ce6e4195384443ab8bfd0816b60eda8f2021-06-30T23:05:49ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-06-011173873810.3390/brainsci11060738A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation TherapiesDenniss Raigoso0Nathalia Céspedes1Carlos A. Cifuentes2Antonio J. del-Ama3Marcela Múnera4Department of Biomedical Engineering, Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, Bogota 111166, ColombiaCentre for Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 4NS, UKDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, Bogota 111166, ColombiaElectronic Technology department, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Móstoles, SpainDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, Bogota 111166, ColombiaA growing interest in Socially Assistive Robotics in Physical Rehabilitation is currently observed; some of the benefits highlight the capability of a social robot to support and assist rehabilitation procedures. This paper presents a perception study that aimed to evaluate clinicians’ and patients’ perception of a social robot that will be integrated as part of Lokomat therapy. A total of 88 participants were surveyed, employing an online questionnaire based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The participants belong to two health care institutions located in different countries (Colombia and Spain). The results showed an overall positive perception of the social robot (>60% of participants have a positive acceptance). Furthermore, a difference depending on the nature of the user (clinician vs. patient) was found.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/738social robotsphysical rehabilitationperceptiongait rehabilitationlokomat
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author Denniss Raigoso
Nathalia Céspedes
Carlos A. Cifuentes
Antonio J. del-Ama
Marcela Múnera
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Nathalia Céspedes
Carlos A. Cifuentes
Antonio J. del-Ama
Marcela Múnera
A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies
Brain Sciences
social robots
physical rehabilitation
perception
gait rehabilitation
lokomat
author_facet Denniss Raigoso
Nathalia Céspedes
Carlos A. Cifuentes
Antonio J. del-Ama
Marcela Múnera
author_sort Denniss Raigoso
title A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies
title_short A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies
title_full A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies
title_fullStr A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies
title_full_unstemmed A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies
title_sort survey on socially assistive robotics: clinicians’ and patients’ perception of a social robot within gait rehabilitation therapies
publisher MDPI AG
series Brain Sciences
issn 2076-3425
publishDate 2021-06-01
description A growing interest in Socially Assistive Robotics in Physical Rehabilitation is currently observed; some of the benefits highlight the capability of a social robot to support and assist rehabilitation procedures. This paper presents a perception study that aimed to evaluate clinicians’ and patients’ perception of a social robot that will be integrated as part of Lokomat therapy. A total of 88 participants were surveyed, employing an online questionnaire based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The participants belong to two health care institutions located in different countries (Colombia and Spain). The results showed an overall positive perception of the social robot (>60% of participants have a positive acceptance). Furthermore, a difference depending on the nature of the user (clinician vs. patient) was found.
topic social robots
physical rehabilitation
perception
gait rehabilitation
lokomat
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/738
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