An Exercise-Based Precision Medicine Tool and Smartphone App for Managing Achilles Tendinopathy (the 'PhysViz' System): User-Centered Development Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with Achilles tendinopathy (AT) experience persistent pain that can limit engagement with daily occupations and negatively impact mental health. Current therapeutic exercise approaches vary in success, with many people experiencing reinjury, leading to a cycle of chronic tendinopathy often lasting years. High-magnitude precision loading may help people exit this feedback cycle, but applying these principles clinically is challenging.

Objective

This user-centered design case study aims to provide an overview on how the PhysViz (a prototype for a novel remote rehabilitation intervention for AT management) was developed and evaluated following the development phase of the Framework for Accelerated and Systematic Technology-Based Intervention Development and Ev

SUBMITTER: Merry K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602768 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature