Product Design for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Bicycle with Kansei Engineering Approach

Abstract

Stroke is one of the world’s leading diseases cause of death. However, stroke actually can be cured, through rehabilitation using post-stroke rehabilitation bicycle that actually starts in the hospital as soon as possible after they are diagnosed of stroke. The goal of stroke rehabilitation is to help the patient relearn the skills lost when a stroke affected part of their brain. Several research about the product development of the post-stroke rehabilitation bicycle has been carried out by Product Design and Development Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department ITS. However, the current prototypes indicates that the product is not ready to be commercialized yet. It is because the product is still under development and has not yet completed. This product development has not considered and captured the hidden needs of the customer toward the product. Therefore, certain implicit feeling & emotions of the customer should be captured in the product development process. Kansei Engineering (KE) approach is applied for this purpose.