Browse the latest research summaries in the field of telehealth & digital health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021 • September 1, 2021
This study evaluated the feasibility and limited efficacy of an online group PA program designed specifically for persons with SCI. The current pilot study demonstrates the acceptability and limited e...
KEY FINDING: Participants were highly satisfied with the online instruction, content, and platform.
Telemedicine Reports, 2021 • January 1, 2021
This systematic review substantiates the clinical effectiveness of teleSCI and confirms existing potential barriers in its widespread global implementation by verifying the statistical significance of c...
KEY FINDING: The majority of studies demonstrated significant positive outcomes to validate teleSCI clinical effectiveness through conventional technology.
Rehabilitation Process and Outcome, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of telerehabilitation for individuals with SCI or ABI in Nepal, where access to specialist rehabilitation services is limited. The telerehabil...
KEY FINDING: Telerehabilitation is feasible and acceptable for individuals with SCI or ABI in Nepal, a low- and middle-income country with limited access to specialist rehabilitation services.
Rehabil Psychol, 2022 • November 1, 2022
This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of an app-based just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) called CareQOL for care partners of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), Hunt...
KEY FINDING: The study found high completion rates and acceptability of the data collection protocol, with over 98% of care partners completing the study and high compliance rates for daily and monthly surveys.
JMIR Formative Research, 2022 • December 21, 2022
This study demonstrates a step-by-step process for developing a fatigue self-management SMS text messaging intervention for persons with disabilities. For this population, whose access to health servi...
KEY FINDING: CAB participants rated SMS text messages covering 9 domain areas of fatigue self-management with good clarity (mean ratings=3.5-5.0 out of 5) and relevance (mean ratings=3.2-5.0 out of 5).
International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023 • December 28, 2022
This study explored the views of NGB patients in China on a WeChat applet for self-management of the bladder to determine perceived benefits and identify barriers to adoption. The results indicated th...
KEY FINDING: The WeChat applet was found to be helpful and embraced by NGB patients due to its accessibility, flexibility, and intuitive design.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This study demonstrated that the rGRASSP is a valid and reliable measure for GRASSP, and therefore provides a solution to the barriers that exist in comprehensive remote assessment of the upper extrem...
KEY FINDING: The remote GRASSP demonstrated excellent concurrent validity with the original GRASSP (left hand ICC = .96, right ICC = .96).
Wearable Technologies, 2022 • December 1, 2022
The study addresses the problem of posture estimation errors in wearable robots due to the compliance of the human-robot interface. A novel algorithm is presented that uses machine learning to correct...
KEY FINDING: The algorithm reduced the estimated thigh segment’s angle RMS error from 6.3° to 2.5°.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2020 • January 1, 2020
The study evaluated the usability and uptake of the PAR-QoL website, an online toolkit for selecting QoL outcome tools specific to SCI. It used Google Analytics and an online survey based on the Techn...
KEY FINDING: The PAR-QoL website had 188,577 users, but the bounce rate was high at 82%, indicating that many users left the site after viewing only one page.
Spinal Cord, 2021 • January 1, 2021
This study examined factors affecting adherence to a 12-week home-based exercise program for wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI). The results showed that race, community barriers, anxiety, ...
KEY FINDING: Race (African American), community barriers, anxiety, depression, physical function, and self-efficacy were associated with a lower number of exercise video minutes.