Using system-aware and people-centred design methods to help people recover better from musculoskeletal issues

使用系统感知和以人为本的设计方法帮助人们从肌肉骨骼问题中更好地恢复

• 批准号: 10088568
• 金额: $ 8.54万
• 依托单位: TORTOISE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10088568
• 关键词: Using; system; aware; people; centred

During our lives, we are all likely to be affected by problems with our joints, bones, muscles and tissues -together known as Musculoskeletal issues (MSK). In the UK, approximately 15 million of us have some kind of MSK issue each year. These aches and pains can cause us a huge amount of pain and discomfort and make it difficult for us to really enjoy the activities that make us happy and can even stop us from working.If you've had any MSK issues, you may also have found that it is quite difficult to get timely help. Appointments with physiotherapists can take weeks in the public and private sectors. After receiving specialist advice it can be another challenge to keep doing exercises day after day, especially when there is pain and when it is hard to see progress.At Tortoise, all our team members have had similar experiences. We've been frustrated and have felt alone with an injury that is not recovering in the way we would like. Our founder, Anna, had so many injuries playing elite sport that she developed a series of strategies to cope when injured. She gathered a team of designers, behavioural scientists, a sports therapist and business specialists to work together to develop a scalable digital product to help us all recover well.We've been developing Tortoise since 2022 to help anyone suffering with MSK pain recover well. Tortoise blends physical rehabilitation goals with support for the emotional aspects of pain and injury. This project will allow us to build on the foundational research we have already conducted and work closely with people with MSK issues to develop and test an initial version of the Tortoise app with the ultimate goal of helping people like you recover well.

在我们的生活中，我们都可能受到关节、骨骼、肌肉和组织问题的影响，这些问题统称为肌肉骨骼问题（MSK）。在英国，每年大约有1500万人患有某种形式的MSK问题。这些疼痛会给我们带来巨大的痛苦和不适，使我们很难真正享受那些让我们快乐的活动，甚至会阻止我们工作。如果你有任何MSK问题，你可能也会发现很难得到及时的帮助。在公共和私营部门，与物理治疗师的预约可能需要数周时间。在接受专家建议后，日复一日地坚持锻炼可能是另一个挑战，尤其是在疼痛和很难看到进步的时候。在乌龟，我们所有的团队成员都有类似的经历。我们很沮丧，我们感到很孤独，因为我们的伤病并没有像我们希望的那样恢复。我们的创始人安娜在参加精英运动时多次受伤，因此她制定了一系列应对受伤的策略。她召集了一个由设计师、行为科学家、一名运动治疗师和商业专家组成的团队，共同开发了一款可扩展的数字产品，以帮助我们所有人康复。自2022年以来，我们一直在开发Tortoise，以帮助任何患有MSK疼痛的人康复。Tortoise将身体康复目标与对疼痛和伤害的情感方面的支持结合起来。这个项目将使我们能够在我们已经进行的基础研究的基础上，与患有MSK问题的人密切合作，开发和测试乌龟应用程序的初始版本，最终目标是帮助像你这样的人康复。