TEAMS (Tele-Exercise and Multiple Sclerosis), a Tailored Telerehabilitation mHealth App: Participant-Centered Development and Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with multiple sclerosis face varying levels of disability and symptoms, thus requiring highly trained therapists and/or exercise trainers to design personalized exercise programs. However, for people living in geographically isolated communities, access to such trained professionals can be challenging due to a number of barriers associated with cost, access to transportation, and travel distance. Generic mobile health exercise apps often fall short of what people with multiple sclerosis need to become physically active (ie, exercise content that has been adapted to accommodate a wide range of functional limitations).

Objective

This usability study describes the development process of the TEAMS (Tele-Exercise and Multiple Sclerosis) app, which is being used

SUBMITTER: Thirumalai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5992455 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature