Authors
Jeanne Langan, Heamchand Subryan, Ifeoma Nwogu, Lora Cavuoto
Publication date
2018/10/3
Journal
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Volume
13
Issue
7
Pages
641-647
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
Purpose: With the patient care experience being a healthcare priority, it is concerning that patients with stroke reported boredom and a desire for greater fostering of autonomy, when evaluating their rehabilitation experience. Technology has the potential to reduce these shortcomings by engaging patients through entertainment and objective feedback. Providing objective feedback has resulted in improved outcomes and may assist the patient in learning how to self-manage rehabilitation. Our goal was to examine the extent to which physical and occupational therapists use technology in clinical stroke rehabilitation home exercise programs.
Materials and methods: Surveys were sent via mail, email and online postings to over 500 therapists, 107 responded.
Results: Conventional equipment such as stopwatches are more frequently used compared to newer technology like Wii and Kinect games. Still, less than 25% of …
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Scholar articles
J Langan, H Subryan, I Nwogu, L Cavuoto - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2018