Physiotherapy home exercises
Objective
We aim to strengthen the role of physiotherapists by developing practical tools that help improve adherence to home-based exercises. By gaining deeper insight into why patients do (or do not) perform their home-based exercise routines, physiotherapists can provide more targeted motivational strategies and personalised treatment.
These insights will be used to enhance existing digital health technologies (i.e. apps, VR games, and activity trackers), so they better align with patients’ needs and contribute to more effective recovery.
Results
- Insights into the reasons why patients do or do not perform their home-based exercises.
- An exercise adherence model
- Insights into the working mechanisms that are already embedded in existing digital health technologies.
- In co creation further developed digital health solutions.
- A toolbox for physiotherapists that supports them in selecting the right motivational strategies to improve adherence to home-based exercises
Approach
During several work packages, we work towards achieving the project aims:
- 1. Developing an exercise adherence model,
- 2. Developing and refining motivating strategies,
- 3.Co-creating the toolbox and further developing digital health technologies, and
- 4. conducting a pilot evaluation of the toolbox.
Education impact
The insights into why patients do or do not adhere to their home-based exercises and the developed toolbox, can support students and physiotherapists in improving adherence to home based exercises, which can contribute to more effective treatment and better health outcomes.
