Alice Faux-Nightingale a.faux-nightingale@keele.ac.uk
Exploring stroke survivors’ and physiotherapists’ perspectives of the potential for markerless motion capture technology in community rehabilitation
Faux-Nightingale, Alice; Philp, Fraser; Leone, Enza; Boreman Helliwell, Brinton; Pandyan, Anand
Authors
Fraser Philp
Enza Leone
Brinton Boreman Helliwell
Anand Pandyan
Abstract
Introduction: Many stroke survivors do not receive optimal levels of personalised therapy to support their recovery. Use of technology for stroke rehabilitation has increased in recent years to help minimise gaps in service provision. Markerless motion capture technology is currently being used for musculoskeletal and occupational health screening and could offer a means to provide personalised guidance to stroke survivors struggling to access rehabilitation. Aims: This study considered context, stakeholders, and key uncertainties surrounding the use of markerless motion capture technology in community stroke rehabilitation from the perspectives of stroke survivors and physiotherapists with a view to adapting an existing intervention in a new context. Methods: Three focus groups were conducted with eight stroke survivors and five therapists. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Five themes were identified: limited access to community care; personal motivation; pandemic changed rehabilitation practice; perceptions of technology; and role of markerless technology for providing feedback. Conclusions: Participants identified problems associated with the access of community stroke rehabilitation, exacerbated by Covid-19 restrictions. Participants were positive about the potential for the use of markerless motion capture technology to support personalised, effective stroke rehabilitation in the future, providing it is developed to meet stroke survivor specific needs.
Citation
Faux-Nightingale, A., Philp, F., Leone, E., Boreman Helliwell, B., & Pandyan, A. (2024). Exploring stroke survivors’ and physiotherapists’ perspectives of the potential for markerless motion capture technology in community rehabilitation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 21(1), Article 168. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01467-x
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Sep 9, 2024 |
| Online Publication Date | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Publication Date | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Deposit Date | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Publicly Available Date | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Journal | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation |
| Print ISSN | 1743-0003 |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Article Number | 168 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01467-x |
| Keywords | Markerless motion capture, Stroke, Community rehabilitation, Stroke rehabilitation, Stroke survivor |
| Public URL | https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/923703 |
| Publisher URL | https://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12984-024-01467-x |
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