Can Physical Therapy Deliver Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Pain and Function Through a Mobile App? An Observational Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effect of digital physical therapy (PT) delivered by mobile application (app) on reducing pain and improving function for people with a variety of musculoskeletal conditions.

Design

An observational, longitudinal, retrospective study using survey data collected pre- and postdigital PT to estimate multilevel models with random intercepts for patient episodes.

Setting

Privately insured employees participating in app-based PT as an employer health care benefit.

Participants

The study sample included 814 participants (N=814) 18 years or older who completed their digital PT program with reported final clinical outcomes between February 2019 (program launch) through December 2020. Mean age of the sample at baseline was 40.9±11.89 years, 47.5%

SUBMITTER: Beresford L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature