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Mobile App-Assisted Home Exercise for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Summary
Overview This study evaluates the effectiveness of a dedicated mobile health (mHealth) application in supporting home exercise programs for patients with musculoskeletal disorders, such as neck, shoulder, back, or knee pain. The research aims to address the widespread challenge of low patient adherence to unsupervised home-based exercises. Study Design The project employs a dual-methodology approach: Clinical Trial: 30 participants presenting with neck, shoulder, back, or knee pain will be randomly assigned to either an app-assisted group or a traditional home exercise group. Both groups will undergo 4 weeks of physiotherapy. The study will compare pain intensity, physical function, and exercise adherence between the two cohorts. Retrospective Analysis: To complement the trial, the study will analyze a large-scale database containing approximately 700,000 anonymized real-world data entries. This analysis aims to observe real-time pain fluctuations before and after exercise sessions within routine clinical settings. Goal The primary objective is to determine if integrating mHealth technology into traditional rehabilitation can enhance clinical outcomes and improve patient adherence to home-based exercise routines.
Official title: The Effect of the Mobile App-Assisted Home Exercise Program on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2026-01-15
Completion Date
2026-09-15
Last Updated
2026-01-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Mobile App-Assisted Home Exercise with Standard Physiotherapy
Participants will receive one 30-minute face-to-face physiotherapy session weekly for 4 weeks. Concurrently, they will perform a daily 10-minute home exercise program via a dedicated mobile health application that provides automated reminders, home exercise video demonstrations, self-monitoring of exercise data, tele-consultation capabilities, and patient education on pain pathology
Traditional Home Exercise with Standard Physiotherapy
Participants will receive one 30-minute face-to-face physiotherapy session weekly for 4 weeks. Concurrently, they will perform a daily 10-minute home exercise program based on verbal instructions provided by the physiotherapist. This group will not have access to any mobile health application or digital support
Locations (1)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Taipei, Taiwan