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A simple digital tool with goniometry to allow clinicians to prescribe rehab exercises and patients to self-perform and monitor recovery.

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What

A simple digital tool with goniometry to allow clinicians to prescribe rehab exercises and patients to self-perform and monitor recovery.

This is a progressive Web App so usable on all modern smartphones. It uses the in-built device gyroscope + magnetometer. Exercises are easily share-able via an encoded link. Gratifying visualisation for the patient have fun with their recovery.

To give patients the ability to:

  • Have clear instructions for their exercises
  • See their rehab progress between appointments
  • Be confident that they are not over extending, risking further injury
  • Able to use in any comfortable position (lying down, sitting, standing)
  • Use on any modern smartphone

Why

  • Paper based measurements
  • Patient is unable to measure themselves from home
  • Weeks between appointments with no measurable progress reports
  • No live guidance for patient when performing exercises

Clinician journey

Clinician journey

  1. Enter exercise details: joint, direction of motion and instructions
  2. Configure target range of exercise
  3. Generate share-able link with (exercise data encoded in a query string)
  4. Send link to patient

Patient journey

Patient journey

  1. Paste link from clinician into their smartphone's browser
  2. View exercise details
  3. Perform the prescribed exercise whilst viewing the visualisation to ensure they are within the target range