Viability of using a computer tablet to monitor an upper limb home exercise program in stroke.
Aims: To evaluate the feasibility of using a tablet computer to monitor the amount of upper limb practice completed by stroke patients prescribed with a home program and to explore factors that influence adherence. Method: Ten consecutive participants randomized to the intervention arm of a randomiz...
| Published in: | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 331 - 342 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=148301460&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 148301460 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09593985 BCJ jtl: Physiotherapy Theory & Practice issn: 09593985 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2021 vid: 37 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 148301460 148301460 148301460 10.1080/09593985.2019.1625092 148301460 ppf: 331 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Viability of using a computer tablet to monitor an upper limb home exercise program in stroke. aug: au: Levy, Tamina Killington, Maggie Lannin, Natasha Crotty, Maria affil: Flinders Medical Centre, Rehabilitation and Palliative Services, Adelaide, Australia sug: subj: Computers, Portable Utilization Computer Peripherals Utilization Upper Extremity Physiology Exercise Physiology Stroke Human Middle Age Aged Random Assignment Randomized Controlled Trials Descriptive Statistics Self Report Physical Therapists Pilot Studies Data Analysis Software Self-Efficacy Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire Scales Questionnaires Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years ab: Aims: To evaluate the feasibility of using a tablet computer to monitor the amount of upper limb practice completed by stroke patients prescribed with a home program and to explore factors that influence adherence. Method: Ten consecutive participants randomized to the intervention arm of a randomized controlled trial investigating therapy after spasticity management for stroke patients (ACTRN 12615000616572) were recruited for this sub-study. Participants were asked to perform and record a prescribed 60-min upper limb program, based on the Graded Arm Supplementary Program, on a tablet computer daily. Four randomly selected recorded sessions for each participant were analyzed by the physiotherapist to assess adherence to the amount of exercise and content. Results: Mean score for the System Usability Scale was 85.5 (range 47.5–100) indicating that participants were accepting of the technology. Participants performed exercises on average for 50.32 min (range 26.42–68.37). Self-reported practice time was 59.44 min (range 48–67.5). Conclusion: Monitoring of patient practice using a tablet computer is feasible and may prove more reliable than self-report. There is variability in the amount of upper limb exercise stroke patients do at home. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Unknown language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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