This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts.
This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts. The outcome measure including shoulder range of motion, pain condition, home exercise adherence and satisfaction of smartphone program
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
11
patients with frozen shoulder in the smartphone group will use the smartphone to conduct the home exercise program. The patients will be asked to follow the description to have mobility assessment at least 1 week and do the individualized exercise themselves.
patients with frozen shoulder in the smartphone group will use the paper hangouts to conduct the home exercise program. The content of the paper hangouts were description of the home exercise.
Tri-Service General Hospital
Taipei, Neihu District, Taiwan
Yang Ming university
Taipei, Taiwan
home exercise adherence
the days patients do the home exercise program
Time frame: 4 weeks
shoulder range of motion
the mobility of shoulder
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks
Visual analog scale (VAS)
Ranged form 0 (minimum score) to 10 (Maximum score) ,the higher score represent more painful
Time frame: baseline, 4 weeks
System usability scale (SUS)
the satisfaction scale of the smartphone program
Time frame: 4 weeks
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