APPENDIX I:
PERFORMANCE TESTING SUMMARY
PURPOSE:
The purpose of our performance testing was to quantify in objective terms what components of our various
mockups were most helpful in either putting on or taking off a short-sleeve polo shirt with limited arm
movement and external assistance. We tested four mechanisms, all tailored to a unique purpose in the
process of getting dressed or undressed.
METHODOLOGY:
In order to test and quantify the performance of each mockup during standard use, our team tested them
by using them in much the way the user would use them. We followed the standard dressing procedures for
each, using stiff, extended arms, turned in at the shoulders, with limited range of motion and capacity to lift.
The procedures for using each of the mockups are described in this section below. The experience of using
each device was then rated by its ability to get the arms through the arm holes, the head through the head
hole, the shirt up to and over the shoulders, the body of the shirt down the back, th H]