Trial reportBMJ open2018
Evaluating the effectiveness of home exercise programmes using an online exercise prescription tool in children with cerebral palsy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Comparative Efficacy of Supervised, Web-Based, and Self-Guided Exercise Interventions in Women with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- The effect of video exercise-based telerehabilitation on clinical outcomes, expectation, satisfaction, and motivation in patients with chronic low back pain.Irish journal of medical science · 2022Trial
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- Home Physical Exercise Interventions in Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Multivariate Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Factors Affecting Mothers' Adherence to Home Exercise Programs Designed for Their Children with Cerebral Palsy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Intervention Mapping of a Gamified Therapy Prescription App for Children With Disabilities: User-Centered Design Approach.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2022Article
- Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 lockdown and gross motor function in cerebral palsy: an observational study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Observational
- Review
- Telehealth: A Useful Tool for the Management of Nutrition and Exercise Programs in Pediatric Obesity in the COVID-19 Era.Nutrients · 2021Review
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- Factors Associated with Parents' Adherence to Different Types of Exercises in Home Programs for Children with Disabilities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Customized gaming system engages young children in reaching and balance training.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionChildren with cerebral palsy (CP) and other neurodevelopmental disabilities often receive a home programme of exercises to assist in reaching their therapy goals. Adherence to exercise programmes is necessary to attain the level of practice required to achieve goals; however, adherence can be difficult to accomplish. In this paper, we describe the protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of delivering a home exercise programme to school-age children with disabilities using Physitrack, an online exercise prescription tool with a website or app interface. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Participants aged 6-17 years, with CP or other neurodevelopmental disabilities, receiving community physiotherapy services in Western Australia, will be recruited. Participants will be stratified by age and functional mobility and randomised to either the intervention group, who will complete an 8-week home exercise programme using Physitrack, or the control group, who will complete an 8-week exercise programme without Physitrack. Researcher blinding to group allocation, and participant blinding to outcome, will be maintained. The primary outcome measures are adherence to the home exercise programme with weekly collection of home exercise logs; achievement of individualised goals by phone interview before and after intervention; and correctness of exercise performance by collection and analysis of videos of participants performing home exercises. Secondary outcome measures include enjoyment of physical activity, confidence to complete exercise programme, preferred method of delivery of programme and usability of Physitrack. A sample size of 58 participants will be necessary to see an effect on home programme adherence. Data will be analysed using the intention-to-treat principle. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval was obtained from Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee in July 2016 (10391). Outcomes will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12616000743460; Pre-results.
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