OTOtherWork (Reading, Mass.)2020

Design of an ergonomic gestural interface for professional road cycling.

Maurizio Caon, Rico Süsse, Benoit Grelier, Omar Abou Khaled, Elena Mugellini

PMID 32925149

WHAT IT FOUND

This paper is a design study for a cycling interface, not clinical research.

It reports on how seven cyclists prefer to use micro-gestures on handlebars in a lab setting. There are no patient outcomes or therapeutic findings here to inform clinical practice.

What this paper is

This paper describes the design of an ergonomic gestural interface for professional road cycling, focusing on how cyclists prefer to interact with bike computers while holding the handlebar. It reports participant preferences for specific micro-gestures and hand positions in a laboratory setting but contains no clinical outcomes, patient data, or therapeutic interventions relevant to physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech-language pathology.

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