Carpal Tunnel Application

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a highly prevalent condition throughout the world. Unfortunately, many suffers of this condition do not either have access to the information or other resources available to them to help mitigate their symptoms. This application was designed as a prototype to help with the treatment of all levels of CTS symptoms by providing a library of rehabilitation exercises, a journal-entry system to pinpoint causes of these symptoms, and an educational resource center to allow users to better understand CTS as a whole.

This application tackles some of the biggest issues associated with CTS by targeting some key problems:

1. High cost of healthcare: The CTS app would serve similarly to a physical therapist, allowing users to work through rehabilitation on their own while logging their process.

2. Lack of knowledge by suffers: CTS is a complex condition. Exercises are offered to users in addition to other resources such as clinic location, ergonomic equipment, and reading material.

3. Every case of CTS is different: The application allows users to rate their pain levels before and after performing exercises to fine-tune a rehabilitation routine custom to each user.

4. Origins of pain and other symptoms are unknown: Users can tag activities that they engage in efforts to pinpoint precursors to CTS symptoms.

The design of this application came about by applying human factors (HF) design principles and research methods to a consumer health application. This included the creation of personas, creation of a wire frame, user testing, and a competitor analysis. More information about the application design process and the prototype itself can be found using the links below.