Table 5 Examples of measurement tools selected using the IUT to evaluate specific usability attributes of three different WRD for different target users: an upper limb WRD for amputated children, an augmentation lower limb WRD for adults, and a lower limb WRD for gait rehabilitation of post-stroke adults
From: Towards a validated glossary of usability attributes for the evaluation of wearable robotic devices
Upper limb WRD for amputated children | Augmentation lower limb WRD for adults | Lower limb WRD for stroke therapy of adult population |
|---|---|---|
Comfort | Effectiveness | Effectiveness |
 Assistive Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ATD-PA)  Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire  Product Emotion Measurement Tool  Visual Analog Scale  Evaluation grid  Numeric Rating Scale |  Kinetic and kinematic analysis  Physiological measures  Task analysis |  Kinetic and kinematic analysis  Physiological measures  Task analysis  Fugl-Meyer Assessment  Foot and Ankle Ability Measures  Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test  Short Physical Performance Battery |
Durability | Efficiency | Efficiency |
 Visual Analogue Scale  3D models and simulations  Evaluation grid  Failure Mode and Effect Analysis |  Subjective Workload Assessment Technique  Time for Task  Task Analysis  Perlman’s Practical Heuristics for Usability Evaluation |  Subjective Workload  Assessment Technique  Time for Task  Task Analysis  Perlman’s Practical Heuristics for Usability Evaluation |
Functionality | Satisfaction | Satisfaction |
 Canadian Occupational Performance Measure  Children Amputee Prosthetics Projects—Prosthesis  Satisfaction Inventory  Assistive Technology Device  Predisposition Assessment  Upper Extremity Function Test  Action Research Arm Test  Physiological measures  Kinetic and/or kinematic analysis  Evaluation grid  Accessible Usability Scale  Box and block test  Hand-held dynamometer |  System Usability Scale  Self-Assessment Manikin  Net Promoter Score |  System Usability Scale  Self-Assessment Manikin  Net Promoter Score  Short Form-36 Health  Survey Questionnaire  Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation–Participation Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale |