%0 Journal Article
%T Development and testing of new upper-limb prosthetic devices: Research designs for usability testing
%A Linda Resnik
%A PT
%A PhD
%A OCS
%J Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
%D 2011
%I Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
%X The purposes of this article are to describe usability testing and introduce designs and methods of usability testing research as it relates to upper-limb prosthetics. This article defines usability, describes usability research, discusses research approaches to and designs for usability testing, and highlights a variety of methodological considerations, including sampling, sample size requirements, and usability metrics. Usability testing is compared with other types of study designs used in prosthetic research.
%K amputation
%K case studies
%K consumer
%K medical devices
%K methodology
%K prosthetics
%K rehabilitation
%K research design
%K upper limb
%K usability.
%U http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/11/486/pdf/resnik1486.pdf