SAVE THE DATE! mRehab RERC State of the Science Conference – The Future of mRehab for People with Disabilities
Overview
A common and often preferred option for delivery of rehabilitation services is to supplement in-clinic interventions with home-based exercises and other remote therapeutic activities that support rehabilitation goals. The practice of delivering rehabilitation services via mobile devices has been referred to as mobile rehabilitation or “mRehab.” Today, digital health technologies such as smartphones, wearable devices, and ubiquitous high-speed networks have vastly expanded the foundation for supporting robust, mobile, home-based rehabilitation.
The SOS Conference will be held in conjunction with the 100th ACRM Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, scheduled for October 28-November 2, 2023. We are seeking experts to participate in the State of the Science conference as presenters (and optionally, contributors of articles) on five topics relevant to the future of mRehab.
Although uptake in digital health applications is growing, not every digital solution provides clinical or evidence-based support for adoption. Despite significant gains, there are also issues to be resolved surrounding connectivity, privacy, security, analytics, adherence, motivation, and adoption into practice. The goal of the mRehab RERC State of the Science Conference is to address these issues, specifically to:
map the terrain of the current state of the science of mRehab and
chart the path for future research and development to advance the field
Presentations and discussion will provide insight into the current state of the science in each topic area, identify gaps in scientific knowledge that need to be addressed, and make recommendations for research and technology development to address these gaps over the coming years.
Effectiveness of home/remote therapeutic exercise – What is the evidence supporting the value/benefit of adherence to home/remote therapeutic exercise?
Barriers and Facilitators to uptake and adoption of sensor-based home exercise management systems – What practice patterns and guidelines, reimbursement practices, and other factors drive uptake and adoption of mRehab? How can these be optimized?
Adherence to home/remote therapeutic exercise – What is it? How do we measure it? What are clinician and patient expectations about levels of adherence? What do we know about factors that influence adherence and patterns of adherence over time? What strategies have been demonstrated to increase/maintain patient adherence?
Remote sensor technologies – What can we reliably and accurately measure remotely now? What is the “holy grail” for remote measurement that is currently not available (e.g., ROM).
Big Data Analytics (BDA) – Remote monitoring generates a tremendous amount of mineable data. What can we learn from these data about patterns of adherence, factors associated with increased/maintained adherence? What are the challenges/obstacles in applying BDA to data, collected from remote sensors or patient self-report, about home-based therapeutic exercise?
These presentations will be included in a day-long “conference-within-a-conference” preceding the main ACRM Annual Meeting. A 75-minute symposium will follow as part of the ACRM Annual Meeting to present a summary of presentations and recommendations for future research and development generated from the SOS conference.
About us
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Mobile Rehabilitation (mRehab) is funded by a 5-year grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant number 90REGE0011). The opinions contained in this website are those of the mRehab RERC and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or NIDILRR.
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