This is something that a great stroke association should have done a decade ago and kept it updated but we have fucking failures of stroke associations instead.
http://www.csp.org.uk/news/2017/01/04/stroke-therapists-launch-free-online-guide-neuro-rehab-apps
Physiotherapists in North Devon have helped develop a free online
resource to help carers, clinicians and therapists find suitable apps
for neuro rehabilitation.
The mytherapy website was created by the stroke and brain injury team at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
The team, including CSP members Emma Cork and Louise Holmes, has been
using apps as part of their assessment and treatment for more than four
years. The new website is a toolkit for stroke patients and clinicians
of apps they have found to work well.
Ruth Siewruk, Mytherappy clinical lead and advanced practitioner
occupational therapist, explained: ‘We searched long and hard for an
existing resource of tried and tested apps to give us this information
and couldn’t find one. So we decided to create one and share it freely
with everyone so that other teams don’t have the same struggle.’
The website offers a database of apps that have been tested by a network of therapists and patients from across the UK.
Each app comes with a profile which includes information to help the
patient, family member or clinician decide if it is suited to their
needs. This includes cost, clinician rating, user rating, app
description, feedback from users and what the app can help with.
Improving therapy effectiveness
Physiotherapist and neuro rehabilitation lead, Emma Cork, added: ‘We
were getting a lot of interest in our work with apps from conferences
and wanted to get more teams involved in reviewing the apps.
‘We now have six testing sites across the country, which are also stroke and brain injury teams, and more than 500 reviewers.’
She also believes the resource model has scope to be expanded into other rehab areas.
Ms Siewruk added that the integration of apps into all the team’s
services across North Devon is improving therapy effectiveness.
‘The patients love using the apps and seem to participate more in
their home exercise programme where apps are involved than if we use
more traditional methods.’
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