NCT06095336

Telerehabilitation and Conventional Physiotherapy Program for Caregivers of Individuals With Special Needs

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation and Conventional Physiotherapy Program in Chronic Neck and Back Pain Seen in Caregivers of Individuals With Special Needs

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Inonu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of home therapy method due to the difficulties experienced by caregivers of individuals with special needs in accessing physiotherapy and rehabilitation services for chronic neck and back pain.

Detailed description

Caring for a disabled child is a very difficult and long process for parents. In this process, mothers and fathers exert a lot of effort while caring for the child, carrying the child and playing an active role in its rehabilitation. For these reasons, it is reported that the physical health of mothers and fathers is negatively affected and they often experience waist and back pain. Telerehabilitation allows patients who cannot access rehabilitation due to geographical, economic or physical disabilities to benefit from rehabilitation services. The distance problem is especially valid in cases where people live far from the rehabilitation center, there are no rehabilitation professionals specialized in the relevant disease in the place of residence, when transfers are difficult due to mobility problems, and in cases where it is not possible or risky to go to the rehabilitation center due to epidemics, as is the case today. Telerehabilitation has the potential to overcome all these problems. The study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of home therapy method due to the difficulties experienced by caregivers of individuals with special needs in accessing physiotherapy and rehabilitation services for chronic neck and back pain.

Conditions

• Telerehabilitation
• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	telerehabilitation	The individuals included in the research will be divided into three groups. Group 1 (experiment): This is the exercise group followed by the telerehabilitation method. Group 2 (experiment): This is the group where traditional physical therapy methods will be applied. The 3rd group will be taken as the control group, there will be no intervention and they will be asked to continue their daily lives.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-28
• Primary completion: 2024-01-01
• Completion: 2024-02-01
• First posted: 2023-10-23
• Last updated: 2023-10-23