Mobile devices and wearable technology for measuring patient outcomes after surgery: a systematic review
Mobile and wearable digital health interventions (DHI) provide an opportunity to monitor and support patients during their postoperative recovery. Lack of high-quality evidence is often cited as a barrier to DHI implementation. This review captures and appraises the current use, evidence base and reporting quality of mobile and wearable DHI following surgery.
What Do You Wear to a Physical Therapy Appointment?
If you are having difficulty with normal functional mobility after surgery, injury, or illness, then you may benefit from working with a physical therapist during your recovery. If you've been referred to physical therapy (PT), you likely have many questions about what to expect and how to prepare.
Can exercise help improve breast cancer outcomes?
Research suggests that moderate exercise can help reduce the risk of death and improve quality of life in people with breast cancer. A doctor or a physical therapist can explain to a person how treatments may affect their ability to exercise and help them set attainable and safe goals.
Only certain patients with chronic neck pain need invasive procedures to treat it
The use of radiofrequency ablation—targeted heat from an electrical current to ease nerve pain—may be helpful for treating chronic neck pain, but only in patients meeting particular criteria
Study associates regular vigorous physical activity with improved cardiac response to exercise in people with COPD
The new study aimed to provide a detailed characterisation of the parameters of cardiac autonomic response to exercise that could be used in the design of pulmonary rehabilitation programs and physical activity interventions for patients with COPD.