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Design of Upper Limb Prosthetics: A Kansei Engineering Approach to Understand Danish and Swedish Prosthetic User Perception
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ. Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ. Prosthetics and Orthotics.
2025 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Design av övre extremitetproteser : En Kansei Engineering metod för att förstå uppfattningen av Danska och Svenska protesanvändare (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Background: This study aimed to explore the relationship between emotional responses to different upper extremity prostheses designs and specific product properties. Method: A Kansei engineering method was used to explore the perceptions of prosthetic users in Sweden and Denmark.  The relationship between product properties and high-level semantic (Kansei) words were quantified using a questionnaire, shared through online forums. Data was analysed using Quantification theory type 1 to explore relationship between semantic words and product properties. Results: 5 high-level semantic words, ‘Cool', 'Exclusive’, ‘Natural’, ‘Minimalistic’, and ‘High-tech’ were identified as defining the emotional responses experienced when people view upper-limb prosthetics. These were linked to 4 product properties that were perceived by experts to affect the emotional response of users to their prosthesis. Data from 20 participants showed strong relationships between semantic words and the product properties e.g. devices perceived as “Cool” were more likely to have a hand and were unlikely to be flexible. Conclusion: The semantic words identified in this study can be used together with product properties to help guide both clinical and design processes in upper-limb prosthetics to increase the preferred emotional response. 

Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Denna studie ämnade att utforska relationen mellan emotionella responser till olika övre extremitets protes designer och specifika produktegenskaper. Metod: En Kansei engineering metod användes för att utforska uppfattningen av protesanvändare i Sverige och Danmark. Sambandet mellan produktegenskaper och representerade semantiska ord kvantifierades med ett formulär, som delades genom online forum. Data analyserades med hjälp av Quantification theory type 1 för att utforska relationen mellan semantiska ord och produktegenskaper. Resultat: 5 representerande semantiska ord, “Cool”, “Exklusiv”, “Naturlig”, “Minimalistisk” och “High-tech/högteknologisk” identifierades för att definiera emotionella responsen erfaren när folk ser övreextremitet protester. Dessa var sammanlänkade med 4 produktegenskaper som uppfattades av experter att påverka den emotionella responsen av användare till deras protes. Data från 20 deltagare visade starkt samband mellan semantiska ord och produktegenskaperna till exempel proteser uppfattades som coola var associerat med att ha en hand och vara flexibel. Slutsats: De semantisk orden som identifierades i denna studies kan tillsammans med produktegenskaperna användas för att guida både kliniska- och designprocesser i fältet av övre extremitets proteser för att öka den önskade emotionella responsen. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 50
Keywords [en]
Denmark, Sweden, Product property, Emotional response, Semantic word
Keywords [sv]
Danmark, Sverige, produktegenskaper, Emotionell respons, Semantiska ord
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Medical and Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-67953OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-67953DiVA, id: diva2:1962272
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HHJ, Prosthetic and Orthotic
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2025-04-24, 08:30 (English)
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