EngageHealth: a mobile device application designed to deliver stroke rehabilitation exercises using asynchronous video recordings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke survivors who receive more rehabilitation therapy achieve better functional outcomes. The amount of rehabilitation that patients receive is, however, limited due to constraints of the healthcare system.

Objective

To assess whether EngageHealth, a mobile device application designed to deliver stroke rehabilitation exercises using asynchronous video recordings, increases the amount of outpatient rehabilitation in stroke patients and improves their upper extremity function and quality of life.

Design

Prospective single-arm study consisting of a 2-week pre-intervention phase without EngageHealth followed by a 4-week intervention period with EngageHealth.

Setting

Ambulatory care.

Participants

Twenty-four stroke patients with upper extremity

SUBMITTER: Song AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12802795 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature