Does a Video-based Education Tool Related to Strengthening Result in Different Functional Outcomes Compared to Traditional Physical Therapy Education for Patients?

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Patients Receiving Physical Therapy

In brief

• Patients receiving physical therapy (PT) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Practice (UICFP) meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: control group (CG) receiving standard care and an experimental group (EG) receiving standard care in addition to being provided a strength education video (SEV). The SEV is a short video designed to provide instructions clarifying how to do strength-based exercises by monitoring a fatigue response with a set of any exercise. The EG will watch the video with headphones in the waiting room of the UICFP on an iPad. The EG will also be provided a handout with a link and QR code to the video on YouTube.com. Functional changes with PT will be tracked for both groups using a Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) questionnaire at initial evaluation, follow up at session 3 or 4, and at any date of anticipated discharge. Basic demographic data (age, sex), dates of data collection, and any discharge dates will be tracked as well. If questions arise regarding the content of the SEV then the treating physical therapist will be permitted to answer and apply the content at their discretion. All therapists will have pre-approved the content of the video to ensure there are no contradictions to their usual methods of care. Data will be gathered for up to 3 months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04245852

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

5

Starts

2020-02-11

Expected to finish

2020-11-16

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients receiving physical therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Practice
• Strength training is a component of the intervention plan for physical therapy
• Strength training is being defined as any exercise aimed at improving the force production, speed, and ability of a muscle group or group of muscles by using body weight, resistance bands/cords, free weights, medicine balls, weight machines or similar equipment.
• Patient consents to be part of the study prior to leaving from 3rd physical therapy (PT) clinic visit (Eval +2 sessions)
• Age 18 or older
• Has been provided a PSFS on date of initial PT evaluation

You may not qualify if…

• Medical History of:
• Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Polymyositis, muscular dystrophy, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, or any other progressive/degenerative muscle/nervous system condition, Rheumatoid arthritis
• Cognitive/psychological disorder limiting ability to comprehend educational video
• Dementia etc.
• English not preferred language

Where it is running

• University of Illinois at Chicago Physical Therapy Faculty Practice — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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