Approved Human Subjects Studies of the RERC-AMI

Accessible Medical Instrumentation Healthcare Consumer Needs Assessment: Delphi Study. Interative process for refining national consumer survey, based on input from over 20 consumers. PI: Jill Winters. Approved at both Western University and Marquette University in April 2003, in support of R1.1 (Consumer Needs Assessment).
Accessible Medical Instrumentation Healthcare Consumer Needs Assessment: National Survey. National consumer survey, completed by over 400 respondents. PI: Jill Winters. Approved at both Western University and Marquette University in September 2003, in support of R1.1 (Consumer Needs Assessment).
Accessible Medical Instrumentation Healthcare Provider Assessment: Delphi Study. Interative process for refining national provider survey, based on input from providers. PI: Jill Winters. Approved at both Western University and Marquette University in February 2004, in support of R1.2 (Provider Needs Assessment).
Evaluation of the RERC-AMI Mobile Usability Lab for Accessibility and Usability Testing of Medical Device Positioning Challenges --Helps improve the functionality and robustness of the MU-Lab and PM, and to gain knowledge useful for the development of the positioning components of Med-AUDIT. PI: Melissa Lemke. Approved July 2004 at Marquette University in support of D1 (Tools: MU-Lab).
Effectiveness of Multimedia Telecommunication among Persons with Disabilities during Conferencing Activities --Understand how people with various disabilities use different videoconferencing equipment during several types of goal-directed communication tasks. PI: Jason Foil. Approved June 2004 at Marquette University in support of D3 (Emerging Technologies).
Ergonomic Evaluation of Hand Tools - IRB approval for a range of projects involving use of hand interface technologies. PI: David Rempel. Approved previously at UC Sanfrancisco and UC Berkeley, and by Marquette University for RERC-AMI studies in July 2004, in support of R2 (Usability Analysis) and D1 (Tools: MU-Lab) studies.
Accessibility of Exercise Ergometers & Monitors When Used by Older Adults With Disabilities --Studies the usability and accessibility of home exercise bikes and vital sign monitoring equipment used by older adults with disabilities and a history of a cardiac event. PI: Sean Campbell. Approved August 2004 at Marquette University in support of D1 (Tools: MU-Lab) and D3 (Emerging Technologies)
Evaluation of an Enhanced TheraJoy Technology and the UniTherapy Program for use in Stroke Neurorehab --Compare motion in the horizontal to vertical planes; evaluate user performance and UniTherapy use during assessment and therapy tasks PI: Laura Johnson. Approved June 2004 at Marquette University in support of D3 (Emerging Technologies)
Consumer Needs Assessment: Focus Groups for Issues of Medical Equipment and Accessibility and Usability -- Understand the issues surrounding the use of medical devices by individuals with various physical and sensory disabilities PI: June Isaacson Kailes. Approved October 2004 at Western University of Health Sciences in support of R1 (Needs Analysis)
Designing an Accessible Ergometer for People with Disabilities -- Determine appropriate accessibility features of an exercise bike for individuals with various disabilities PI: Elizabeth Omiatek. Approved February 2006 at Marquette University in support of D2 (Targeted Projects to Develop Accessible Medical Instrumentation)
Accessibility and Usability of Medical Monitoring Devices: Focus Group and Interviews -- Understand the issues surrounding the use of medical monitoring devices for individuals with disabilities PI: Megan Conrad. Approved February 2006 at Marquette University in support of R1 (Needs Analysis)
Needs Assessment for Accessible Medical Instrumentation: Structured Interview of Manufacturers -- Understand the issues surrounding the design and development of accessible medical devices PI: Jack Winters. Approved March 2006 at Marquette University in support of R1 (Needs Analysis)
Study of Accessibility and Usability of Medical Equipment -- Evaluate the accessibility and usability of various medical devices (e.g., x-ray, CT, fluroscopy) for individuals with disabilities PI: David Rempel, M.D. Approved March 2006 at University of California at San Francisco in support of R2 (Usability Analysis)
Study of Accessibility and Usability of Home Health Devices -- Evaluate the accessibility and usability of various medical devices used in the home (e.g., pill containers, pill splitters, glucose monitors) for older adults and people who have visual or dexterity limitations PI: David Rempel, M.D. Approved April 2006 at University of California at San Francisco in support of R2 (Usability Analysis)
Accessible Medical Equipment Practitioner Needs Assessment: A National Survey -- PI: Jill Winters. Approved at Marquette University in support of R1 (Needs Analysis)
Needs Assessment for Accessible Medical Instrumentation: Structured Interview of Health Care Administrators -- PI: June Isaacson Kailes. Approved at Western University of the Health Sciences in support of R1 (Needs Analysis)
Evaluation of Three Alternative Methods for Understanding Biomechanical Aspects of Medical Device Accessibility: MU-Lab Pre- and Post-Activity Questionnaires, MU-Lab Video Analyses with MVTA and MED-AUDIT -- PI: Melissa Lemke. Approved at Marquette University in support of D1 (Tools: MU-Lab) and R3 (Accessibility Measurement)
Evaluation on Usability, Accessibility, and Motivation Engagement of UniTherapy Home Rehabilitation Technology -- PI: Xin (Tyre) Feng. Approved at Marquette University in support of D3 (Emerging Technologies)
Algorithm to Automatically Generate Multi-Modal Interfaces for Hand Held Devices Based on User Preferences and Abilities: Post Activity Questionnaire -- PI: Pawan Shroff. Approved at Marquette University in support of D3 (Emerging Technologies)