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Physical Therapists’ Opinion of E-Health Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

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MartĂ­nez de la Cal, JesĂşs 
Fernández-Sánchez, Manuel 
Matarán-Peñarrocha, Guillermo Adolfo 
Hurley, Deirdre 
et al. 
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/13077
Date Issued
16 February 2021
Date Available
18T14:34:19Z August 2022
Abstract
(1) Background: Using new technologies to manage home exercise programmes is an approach that allows more patients to benefit from therapy. The objective of this study is to explore physical therapists’ opinions of the efficacy and disadvantages of implementing a web-based tele-rehabilitation programme for treating chronic low back pain (CLBP). (2) Methods: Nineteen physical therapists from academic and healthcare fields in both the public and private sector participated in the qualitative study. Texts extracted from a transcript of semi-structured, individual, in-depth interviews with each consenting participant were analysed to obtain the participants’ prevailing opinions. The interviews lasted approximately 40 min each. The participants’ responses were rec-orded. (3) Results: The results suggest that telerehabilitation can only be successful if patients be-come actively involved in their own treatment. However, exercise programmes for LBP are not al-ways adapted to patient preferences. New technologies allow physical therapists to provide their patients with the follow-up and remote contact they demand, but long-term adherence to treatment stems from knowledge of the exercises and the correct techniques employed by the patients them-selves. (4) Conclusions: Physical therapists treating patients with chronic non-specific low back pain believe that new technologies can provide highly effective means of reaching a greater number of patients and achieving significant savings in healthcare costs, despite the limitations of a telereha-bilitation approach in developing an appropriate and effective patient-based physiotherapy pro-gramme.
Sponsorship
European Commission - European Regional Development Fund
Other Sponsorship
Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
I+D+i of Biomedical and Health Sciences in Andalusia
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
European Social Fund
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
MDPI
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume
18
Issue
4
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Copyright (Published Version)
2021 The Authors
Keywords
  • Low back pain

  • Physical therapists

  • Home-based exercise

  • Telerehabilitation

DOI
10.3390/ijerph18041889
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1661-7827
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ie/
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