Home Exercise Prescription for Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss: Trends Among Physical Therapists- APTA CSM 2025

A Symsack, i gaunaurd, j haynes, m sumner, c bennett, b isaacson, p pasquina, r gailey

Abstract accepted for platform presentation at the 2025 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting- Houston, TX

Purpose/hypothesis: The rehabilitation for Service Members (SMS) and Veterans with lower limb loss (LLL) can involve months of prosthetic training and targeted exercises intended to improve gait quality and functional mobility. During this time, Physical Therapists (PTS) prescribe home exercise programs (HEP) as part of the plan of care, which serve to augment treatment and improve or maintain patient function while outside the clinic. The purpose of this study is to identify the targeted exercise prescription trends following initial evaluation (eval) among PTS who are participating in the Mobile Device Outcomes Based Rehabilitation Program (MDORP) for SMS and Veterans with LLL.