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The emotional reactions caused during the interaction with a product interfered in the evaluation by the user. For the assistive technologies, like the wheelchairs, there is a range of emotional reactions associated with the image of disease, despite the importance of these products for the independence of the people. Many studies about wheelchairs focused in biomechanical and functional aspects, without emphasis in other aspects of the user experience with these products. In this context, the aim of this work is to evaluate if the wheelchair with different design features provoke different emotional reactions in users and non-users of this assistive technology. Geneva Emotional Wheel was applied to 30 people wheelchair users and 30 people wheelchair non-users during a video with two wheelchairs in a virtual environment 3D. The results indicate that a wheelchair with a modern design causes more positive emotional reactions than a wheelchair with traditional design. It is considered these results can cooperate with wheelchair designers, as well as in health services in the context of prescription of this assistive technology.
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This work was supported by grants BEX 10078-13/4 to Luciana Teles Carneiro from CAPES Foundation Ministry of Education of Brazil. This work was co-financed by the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology under the project UID/EAT/04008/2013 (CIAUD).
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Carneiro, L., Rebelo, F., Noriega, P. (2019). Different Wheelchairs Designs Influence Emotional Reactions from Users and Non-users?. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 777. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94706-8_60
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