Assessment of the Usability of the Rehabilitative Lower-Limb Orthopedic Accommodating Feedback Device — MHSRS 2020

Gaunaurd I, Symsack A, Thaper A, Springer B, Clemens S, Lucarevic J, Bennett C, Kristal A, Sumner M, Isaacson B, Pasquina P, Gailey R

Telerehabilitation, as a component of telemedicine, is a rapidly growing clinical tool being utilized in physical therapy, optimizing care for patients that are post-surgical, have orthopedic injuries, or who have undergone lower limb amputation (LLA). The benefits include greater access to care for patients in remote locations, reduced travel burden, and decreased time and financial costs. With this in mind, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) collaborated to implement a telerehabilitation program called the Mobile Device Outcomes-based Rehabilitation Program (MDORP) designed to enhance the rehabilitation of injured Service Members (SMs) and Veterans with lower limb loss. MDORP is a home and community-based auditory biofeedback and prescription based exercise program which utilizes a sensor-based system called The Rehabilitative Lower-limb Orthopedic Accommodating-feedback Device (ReLOAD). This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and usability of ReLOAD over a 5-month period using an anonymous post-intervention survey of participating SMs and Veterans with LLA.