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Korea Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Association (대한고유수용성신경근촉진법학회)
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Physical Therapy Application Development Using the App Inventor -Preliminary Research for the Realization of Tele-Physical Therapy-

앱인벤터를 이용한 물리치료 어플리케이션 개발 -원격 물리치료 구현을 위한 사전연구-

  • Rhee, Min-Hyung (Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate School, Catholic University of Pusan) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Soon (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan)
  • 이민형 (부산가톨릭대학교 대학원 물리치료학과) ;
  • 김종순 (부산가톨릭대학교 보건과학대학 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2020.08.06
  • Accepted : 2020.08.23
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how healthcare is delivered worldwide and has affected the environment of the healthcare. Physical therapy in traditional healthcare systems can be difficult in unusual circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Tele-physical therapy, defined as "the delivery of the physical therapy at a distance using electronic information and telecommunication technologies," will be a solution for this healthcare crisis. Thus, in this study, we proposed a mobile application for tele-physical therapy. Methods: This study used the Chrome Browser version 83.0.4 based on the Windows 10 64Bit operating system to use the App Inventor. To operate the mobile application, we used the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. The design of the mobile application was based on the review of a system used in the physical therapy department. Results: The graphical user interface (GUI) of the mobile application was displayed on three screens: selecting a painful joint (1st screen of the GUI); selecting a painful movement of the joint (2nd screen of the GUI); a self-manual therapy method and movie (3rd screen of the GUI). The proposed mobile application showed the stable repeatability of the self-manual therapy movie. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated that the proposed mobile application using the App Inventor for android will be able to create easy to use and reliable tele-physical therapy.

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