Research Article

Technical Feasibility of Supervision of Stretching Exercises by a Humanoid Robot Coach for Chronic Low Back Pain: The R-COOL Randomized Trial

Table 3

Within- and between-group comparisons of utility and satisfaction evaluated by the participants.

RobotControlBetween-group
value

SUSD264 (9.5)85 (5.4)0.007
D2158 (11.8)87 (9.4)<0.001
Within-group value0.220.19
SatisfactionD23.5 (0.6)5 (0.3)<0.001
D212.5 (0.8)5 (0.4)<0.001
Within-group value0.190.83
Pursue intentionD24 (0.8)5 (0.4)0.01
D212 (0.8)4 (0.3)<0.001
Within-group value0.0630.74

Values presented are medians (IQR). SUS: system usability scale. Total SUS scores are calculated out of 100 following a specific method [16] that accounts for positively and negatively worded questions. A points indicates ‘above average’ usability [17, 18].