Usability-for-one

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Article type: Research Article

Authors: Friesen, Emma L.^* | Theodoros, Deborah | Russell, Trevor G.

Affiliations: Centre for Research Excellence in Telehealth and School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Emma L. Friesen, c/- PO Box 3015, Putney, NSW 2112, Australia. Tel.: +61 4 (0) 3 442 027; E-mail:emma.friesen@uqconnect.edu.au

Abstract: This paper proposes usability-for-one as a new conceptual framework for understanding usability as it relates to Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology (R&AT). It argues that just as ergonomics for individual R&AT users is practiced as ergonomics-for-one, usability as it relates to individual R&AT users can be conceptualised as usability-for-one. The implications for R&AT service delivery and research are discussed.

Keywords: Ergonomics, rehabilitation and assistive technology, service delivery, usability for one

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-152003

Journal: Work, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 211-213, 2015