Smart yoga wear (IoT) for Breast Cancer Survivors
TEAM
Yang Hu
Christina Yang
TIME
2 Months
Remote
TOOLS
Figma
Unity
Blender
Through alleviating shoulder-arm pain during yoga rehabilitation caused by lymphedema from lymphadechotomy, we wish to sustain the consistency of yoga practice to positively intervene survivors’ motor skills & mental health, in order to ultimately improve&empower the health&well-being of breast cancer survivors (BCS) with yoga activity.
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can we support the well-being of Breast Cancer Survivors through enhancing the sustainability of Yoga rehabilitation and improving community support?
Overview
oVERVIEW
The Challenge
Lymphedema-induced shoulder-arm pain is a prevalent postoperative complication among breast cancer survivors. While yoga therapy offers a rehabilitative option with benefits for mindfulness and limb mobility, pain-induced fatigue can lead to irregular adherence. Additionally, a communication gap among patients, physicians, and yoga therapists complicates integrated care delivery.
oVERVIEW
The Solution
The design introduces a Local Vibration Therapy-infused yoga wear integrated with software to facilitate direct monitoring of the user's rehabilitation by healthcare providers. Acknowledging post-surgery privacy concerns, the software concurrently offers virtual yoga sessions with enhanced screening capabilities for an immersive experience.
Vibra Neurotech tailors yoga therapy easier for Breast Cancer Survivors.
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Vibra Neurotech turns yoga wear into a pain-easer and monitor.
Internet of Things designed with tailored platform for better therapeutic experience. Vibra Neurotch offers solution acknowledges the physical and mental uneasiness went through by survivors comprehending the entangling body-mind system as a wholeness.
Vibra Neurotech provides platform to connect users, doctors & therapists.
Vibra Neurotech makes home-yoga more interesting.
The Vibra app enhances yoga practice with motion tracking for safety, enables virtual group classes for community building, and offers diverse practice scenarios for user engagement.
Inspiration
INSPIRATION
I Chose to work for Breast Cancer Survivors in Yoga Therapy…
WHY bREAST CANCER
Female Breast Cancer Survivors comprise 23% of today's survivors
WHY yOGA THERAPY
Yoga improves Functionality of Cancer-Treatment Breast
RESEARCH
eXPLORATION
Interviews & Surveys
During the exploratory research phase, we conducted qualitative and quantitative interviews with:
1. Breast Cancer survivors 2. Yoga Therapist 3. Medical student
Yoga Therapist
Questionnaire+Interviews (n=5)
Google form survey Residents in apartment
Expert Interview
Interviews (n=2)
Baidu Onlinechat Biomedicine student from Univeristy of Melbourne
BCS Interview
Questionnaire+Interviews (n=5)
Google form survey Residents in apartment
DISCOVER
Market Research & Analysis
What's on the Market for sustaining Yoga Practices
METHOD
Compression Garment
Whole Body Vibration
Local Body Vibration
Medication
ADVANTAGES
Maintain limb volume in the
affected area
Reduce musculoskeletal symptoms
Cooperate with exercises to reduce pain & stress
Portable vibrators directly over the tendon or muscle belly
Neuromuscular adaptions for long durability & strength-gain
A common treatement
DISADVANTAGES
Uncomfortable wearing
Relatively small group, missing social context support
More test are needed
Costly
Group Yoga Classes
Private Yoga Classes
Online Yoga Classes
Privacy
Less Suportive
Community Support
Less Suportive
Fatigue Level
Less Suportive
Mental Support
Less Suportive
Guidance
Less Suportive
Different Kinds of Yoga Classes in the Market
DISCOVER
Competitive Audit
eXPLORATION
Technology Opportunity
Smart Wearable Devices
Pose Tracking
Potential of Local Vibration Therapy
Exploration
EXPLORATION
Territory Mapping
I explored the project parameters based on Breast Cancer Survivor's goals, needs and behaviors and desires. Through this process, I identified during yoga therapy, shoulder-arm pain triggered by lymphedema can result in negative mood and therapy fatigue.
Doctors
Integrated
Rehabilitation
Exercises
Yoga
Alternative
Medicine
Community
Empowerment
Psychological
Intervention
Outline
Resources
Painpoint
Impaired
Cognitive
Function
Mental
Health
Impaired
Shoulder-arm Mobility
Aromatase
Inhibitor-associated
Arthralgias
Cancer
Related
Fatigue
Side effect caused poor compliance
Regular
Medical
Check
Medical
Treatment
Medical Treatment
Medication
Yoga Therapy
Patients
Lymphedema
Surgery
Medical
Procedure
Diet
Rehabilitation
Resistance
Training
Breast
Cancer
Patients
EXPLORATION
Stakeholder Analysis
EXPLORATION
Empathy Mapping
eXPLORATION
Technology Opportunity
Smart Wearable Devices
Pose Tracking
Potential of Local Vibration Therapy
Ideation
Painpoints of Yoga Therapy for BCS
Shoulder-arm Pain
Emotional Usalibility
Lymphedema
Impaired Cognitive Skills
DESIGN
User Flow
DESIGN
Storyboard
IDEATION
Mechanism Diagram
DESIGN
DESIGN
Design Focus
Pain Alleviation
Companionship
Medical Support All Along
dESIGN
Solution
Integrated Platform for Therapist, Doctors and Patients
Yogawear with Local Vibratiors
DESIGN
Interface Design
dESIGN
APP Sitemap
DESIGN
Lo-fi Prototyping
PROTOTYPING
PROTOTYPING
Wearable Device Prototyping
Mechanism
Two Force Sensitive Resistors
Module A: Basic vibration level maintenance
1 Quick tap: Vibration activated
2 Quick tap: Stop vibration
Module B: Vibration amplitude increase
1 Long tap: Increase vibration
2 Quick tap: Stop vibration
Model Building
Arduino Protyping
pROTOTYPING
Preliminary User Testing
We made a yogawear with same design with vibration module to test the wearing comfortability, vibration level experience during yoga practices and user’s success rate in activating vibration.