%0 Journal Article %A Yiannis Koumpouros and Effie Papageorgiou and Alexandra Karavasili and Foteini Koureta %D 2016 %J International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 119, 2016 %T PYTHEIA: A Scale for Assessing Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005588 %V 119 %X The objective of the present study was to develop a scale called PYTHEIA. The PYTHEIA is a self-reported measure for the assessment of rehabilitation and assistive robotics and other assistive technology devices. The development of PYTHEIA faced the absence of a valid instrument that can be used to evaluate the assistive robotic devices both as a whole, as well as any of their individual components or functionalities implemented. According to the results presented, PYTHEIA is a valid and reliable scale able to be applied to different target groups for the subjective evaluation of various assistive technology devices. %P 522 - 526