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, 2020 • January 1, 2020
The study assessed the feasibility of a self-management mobile app for individuals with SCI during inpatient rehabilitation and after community discharge. Feasibility indicators were strong during inp...
KEY FINDING: Recruitment targets were exceeded, and the app was usable for individuals with varying levels of injury during inpatient rehabilitation.
BMJ Open, 2019 • September 1, 2019
This study protocol outlines the development of a self-guided, web-based exercise intervention (SPIN) for treating shoulder pain in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). The intervention will be devel...
KEY FINDING: The study will identify key elements for an effective web-based exercise intervention through systematic and narrative reviews of existing literature.
PLoS ONE, 2019 • October 15, 2019
This pilot study investigated the use of a mobile health-based physical activity (PA) measurement system to track PA levels of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the community and provide th...
KEY FINDING: The study found that eleven participants (69.0%) had higher light- and/or moderate-intensity PA during PA Feedback with JITAI compared to the baseline.
Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 • November 1, 2019
This study developed an energy expenditure (EE) estimation model for ambulatory individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) using wearable sensor data. The developed model uses the updated H...
KEY FINDING: The best EE estimation model comprised the estimation of resting EE using the updated Harris-Benedict equation, classifying activities using a k-nearest neighbor algorithm, and applying a multiple linear regression-based EE estimation model for each activity class.
JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol, 2019 • December 6, 2019
This paper described the process and outcome of using a participatory action research (PAR) approach to translate a theory-based, telephonic intervention that targeted increased participation in regul...
KEY FINDING: The substantially redesigned website offers an easier-to-navigate platform for people with SCI with greater functionality that delivers information using a module format with less text, short video segments, and presents more resources.
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.
Sensors, 2020 • April 28, 2020
This study investigated the feasibility of ICT-based health care services for individuals with SCI, focusing on home-based interventions and data collection. The results showed improvements in several...
KEY FINDING: The ICT-based health care management service showed a favorable expected level of outcome for individuals with SCI.
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.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 2020 • December 1, 2020
This study examined the feasibility of using smartphones to monitor depression and psychosocial wellbeing in individuals with SCI. Participants used a smartphone app to track symptoms and activities o...
KEY FINDING: Smartphone-based digital phenotyping of psychosocial wellbeing after SCI is feasible but not without attrition challenges.
JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol, 2020 • July 31, 2020
This study evaluated the feasibility and potential impact of the SCI & U web-based self-management program for Canadians with SCI using a mixed-methods approach. Results demonstrated that a web-based ...
KEY FINDING: The web-based self-management program is feasible and acceptable for Canadians with SCI.