ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2020
Prescription of individual therapeutic exercises via smartphone app for patients suffering from non-specific back pain : A qualitative feasibility and quantitative pilot study.
Article in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06896812 (A Pilot Study on App-based Treatment Combining Physical Exercise, Graded Activity, and Pain Journaling for Patients with Spinal Complaints), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Pilot Study on App-based Treatment Combining Physical Exercise, Graded Activity, and Pain Journaling for Patients with Spinal Complaints
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of 25 Years of Mobile Health Tools for Pain Management in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of mHealth Interventions for Improving the Pain and Disability of Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- Sociotechnical Factors Affecting Patients' Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Usability and Acceptability of an App-Based Approach to Treat Low Back Pain: Preplanned Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Back on track - digital health applications to treat back pain of rheumatic patients? Results of a qualitative interview study.Rheumatology international · 2024Article
- Development and Use of Mobile Messaging for Individuals With Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Impact of an AI app-based exercise program for people with low back pain compared to standard care: A longitudinal cohort-study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- App-Based Rehabilitation in Back Pain, a Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- eHealth Interventions to Support Self-Management in People With Musculoskeletal Disorders, "eHealth: It's TIME"-A Scoping Review.Physical therapy · 2022Article
- Smartphone applications are used for self-management, telerehabilitation, evaluation and data collection in low back pain healthcare: a scoping review.F1000Research · 2022Article
- Digital Therapeutic Care and Decision Support Interventions for People With Low Back Pain: Systematic Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2021Review
- Scope, context and quality of telerehabilitation guidelines for physical disabilities: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- A Discussion on Different Approaches for Prescribing Physical Interventions - Four Roads Lead to Rome, but Which One Should We Choose?Journal of personalized medicine · 2020Article
- Health-enhancing physical activity, exercise and sports-a never-ending success story.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this qualitative study was the assessment of the feasibility and acceptance of orthopedists prescribing individualized therapeutic exercises via a smartphone app to patients suffering from non-specific back pain.
methodsA total of 27 patients (mean age 44.8 ± 13.2 years) diagnosed with acute non-specific back pain were prescribed individually chosen therapy exercises via a smartphone app. Before the patients started and after 4 weeks of exercising all participants went through an assessment protocol consisting of questionnaires (Oswestry Disability Index [ODI], Short Form-36 [SF-36], International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ], Work Ability Index [WAI], Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] back pain, sociodemographic parameters), assessment of functional parameters (handgrip strength, timed up and go test). With 16 randomly chosen patients semi-structured interviews were undertaken at the end of the intervention period. Interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis. Power analysis and a priori sample size calculations were undertaken with the quantitative data.
resultsFrom the interviews four thematic categories emerged: prior exercise experience, evaluation of exercise intensity, communication with physician via smartphone app, and variability of exercise location. Quantitative analysis of secondary data showed significant improvements in back pain (ODI) as well as quality of life domains "physical functioning", "bodily pain" and "vitality" (SF-36) of which "bodily pain" was sufficiently powered with the current sample size.
conclusionThe prescription of therapeutic exercises via smartphone app to patients suffering from non-specific back pain is feasible and well-accepted in patients at all ages. Pilot data additionally pointed towards efficacy of the intervention.
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