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AHFE 2019: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices pp 291–301Cite as

A Grip Force Training and Testing Device for Old People

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Grip force is an important physiological index to reflect people’s healthy status. In this article, we tried to design a grip strength training and testing device for elderly. Through competitive analysis, we found that products in market are not able to record data, show grip force trend, draw users’ attention nor socialize with others. We established old people’s persona and investigated their needs, determined product orientation and main functions. Besides, by portraying their daily activity scenes, we found out several service design touchpoint and discussed solutions according to the touchpoint. The devices were eventually used in three communities and get over 100 people’s data. We have obtained improvement advice to the equipment, and communities has also increased the fitness activities of residents and the monitoring of the health of the elderly.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51675476 and No. 51775458).

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  1. Industrial Design Department, College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, No. 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, China

    Ze Bian, Shijian Luo, Yufei Zhang, Ping Shan & Hebo Gong

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Bian, Z., Luo, S., Zhang, Y., Shan, P., Gong, H. (2020). A Grip Force Training and Testing Device for Old People. In: Lightner, N., Kalra, J. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 957. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20451-8_29

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