The feedback-guided exercises prescribed and performed on a tablet touchscreen had marked benefits over the home exercise programme prescribed on paper.
Patients who used the tablet-based programme returned to work on average 18 days earlier than the patients who used the traditional paper-based programme. This represents a substantial reduction in lost productivity, which alone would be anticipated to outweigh the extra costs and organisation involved in using the tablet-based approach to home rehabilitation.
Other advantages were that fewer healthcare appointments were required, there was greater short-term recovery on functional ability (12 points better on the QuickDASH score of function), and that there was greater short-term recovery of strength (pinch strength was about 1 kg stronger than the control group within 2 weeks).
> From: Blanquero, J Physiother 66 (2020) 236-242 . All rights reserved to Australian Physiotherapy Association. Click here for the online summary.
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