Multimodal Wearable System for Motor Rehabilitation - Design Perspective and Development

Wearables can ease the transition towards personalized medicine, bringing healthcare to anyone, anytime and anywhere. For wearable devices, human factors are essential; from conception to subsequent design phase. Current solutions are cumbersome and, despite they are designed according to standardized guidelines, they are developed for skilled users (physicians or engineers), without taking into consideration the real actors who will use and wear them: the patients. This paper aims to describe the application of a new methodology for integrating design and technology requirements in the development of wearable systems.