
Affordable technology to improve physical activity levels and mobility outcomes in rehabilitation - AMOUNT rehabilitation trial
Repetitive exercise is a crucial part of rehabilitation for people with impaired mobility but current exercise levels are insufficient for optimal outcomes. Affordable exercise-based video- and computer game technology could enable additional exercise for rehabilitation patients at a relatively low cost.
EXERGAMES is a pragmatic randomised trial (n=300) with the primary aim to establish the impact of tailored use of affordable physical activity technologies in addition to usual care on physical activity and mobility for people admitted to rehabilitation wards at six months after randomisation.
The trial’s secondary aims are to:
- Evaluate the impact of this intervention program on physical activity and mobility at three weeks after randomisation
- Evaluate the impact of this intervention program on self-reported mobility task difficulty, life role participation and utility-based quality of life (three, 12 and 26 weeks after randomisation) and falls over the six month period after randomisation.
This project’s nested studies aim to:
- Assess the cost-effectiveness of the intervention compared with usual care and
- Establish predictors of greater technology use and c) enhance understanding of participant, family member and staff experiences of technology use using qualitative methods.
If found to be effective our intervention could be quickly implemented into practice internationally as it enables treating health professionals to choose the most appropriate device(s) for an individual patient from a suite of currently available affordable technologies.
Related People
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Kirsten Howard (AIA)
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney -
Maria Crotty (CIC)
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Flinders University -
Annie McCluskey (CID)
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney -
Hidde van der Ploeg (CIE)
Department of Public and Occupational Health and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam -
Stuart Smith (CIF)
Faculty of Health Science, University of Tasmania -
Karl Schurr (CIG)
Physiotherapy Department, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital -
Bert Bongers (AIB)
Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, The University of Technology Sydney -
Stephane Heritier (AIC)
Department of Statistics, Macquarie University -
Leanne Togher (AID)
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney -
Maggie Killington (AIE)
Aged Care and Allied Health at Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia -
Simone Dorsch (AIF)
Physiotherapy Department, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney -
Daniel Treacy (AIG)
Physiotherapy Department, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital -
Siobhan Barry (AIH)
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney -
Ross Pearson (AII)
Consumer representative -
Katharine Scrivener (AIJ)
Lecturer, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University -
Maayken van der Berg (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Aged Care and Allied Health at Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia