title: Aspects of human factors engineering in home telemedicine and telerehabilitation systems.
abstract: Human factors engineering and system design are critical elements in the newly developing field of telerehabilitation. Telerehabilitation is the remote delivery of rehabilitative services such as monitoring, training, and long-term care of persons with disabilities using telecommunications technology. This paper describes projects at the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Telerehabilitation in the context of three conceptual models: telecounseling and training, telemonitoring and assessment, and teletherapy. Issues pertaining to human factors engineering design are identified, and ongoing challenges are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lathan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinsella
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trepagnier
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004219:District of Columbia; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012046:Rehabilitation; D017216:Telemedicine