Qualitative evaluation of the SMART2 self-management system for people in chronic pain.
Purpose: Technology could support the self-management of long-term health conditions such as chronic pain. This article describes an evaluation of SMART2, a personalised self-management system incorporating activity planning and review, feedback on behaviour- and acceptance-based therapeutic exercis...
| Published in: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 53 - 61 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2015
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