ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Wearable Activity Monitoring in Day-to-Day Stroke Care: A Promising Tool but Not Widely Used.
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- Impact of a Sensor-Based Platform on the Outcome of Medial Off-Loader Bracing in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Encouraging arm use in stroke survivors: the impact of smart reminders during a home-based intervention.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Trial
- Advancing Neurorehabilitation and Recovery Through Human Movement Quantification via Wearable Sensing.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026Article
- From Metrics to Meaning in Neurological Rehabilitation: Clinicians' Perspectives on Digital Metrics of Upper Limb Functioning-A Focus Group Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Physiotherapists' perception of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of digital health interventions: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Implementation of wearable activity trackers in hospital rehabilitation: a feasibility study tailored to local settings.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Relationships between arm and leg real-life activity and clinical assessments in individuals with disabling spasticity after stroke.Frontiers in stroke · 2026Article
- Reproducible candidate kinematic-electromyographic waveform markers of post-stroke gait from public multimodal waveform exports.Frontiers in medical technology · 2026Article
- Advancing stroke rehabilitation: the role of wearable technology according to research experts.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Usability of Inertial Measurement Units for Measuring and Monitoring Activity Post-Stroke: A Scoping Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The complexity of home-based rehabilitation technology implementation for post-stroke motor rehabilitation in the Netherlands.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- Stepping toward implementation using co-design: development of hospital protocols and resources for using wearable activity trackers in a hospital service.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Capabilities for Using Telemonitoring in Physiotherapy Treatment: Exploratory Qualitative Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2024Article
- Establishing a Consensus-Based Framework for the Use of Wearable Activity Trackers in Health Care: Delphi Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Quantifying the effects of sleep on sensor-derived variables from upper limb accelerometry in people with and without upper limb impairment.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Utility and usability of a wearable system and progressive-challenge cued exercise program for encouraging use of the more involved arm at-home after stroke-a feasibility study with case reports.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- The Wearable Activity Tracker Checklist for Healthcare (WATCH): a 12-point guide for the implementation of wearable activity trackers in healthcare.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Uptake of Technology for Neurorehabilitation in Clinical Practice: A Scoping Review.Physical therapy · 2024Article
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Abstract
Physical activity monitoring with wearable technology has the potential to support stroke rehabilitation. Little is known about how physical therapists use and value the use of wearable activity monitors. This cross-sectional study explores the use, perspectives, and barriers to wearable activity monitoring in day-to-day stroke care routines amongst physical therapists. Over 300 physical therapists in primary and geriatric care and rehabilitation centers in the Netherlands were invited to fill in an online survey that was developed based on previous studies and interviews with experts. In total, 103 complete surveys were analyzed. Out of the 103 surveys, 27% of the respondents were already using activity monitoring. Of the suggested treatment purposes of activity monitoring, 86% were perceived as useful by more than 55% of the therapists. The most recognized barriers to clinical implementation were lack of skills and knowledge of patients (65%) and not knowing what brand and type of monitor to choose (54%). Of the non-users, 79% were willing to use it in the future. In conclusion, although the concept of remote activity monitoring was perceived as useful, it was not widely adopted by physical therapists involved in stroke care. To date, skills, beliefs, and attitudes of individual therapists determine the current use of wearable technology.
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