Method for enhancing compliance of home-based physical therapy regimen
US6971972B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S482/90
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A methodology is disclosed for providing a physical therapy practitioner with practice-specific prescriptive exercise routine depictions as an effective way to enhance compliance of a home-based physical therapy regimen. The method comprises various steps, including assessing a given practitioner's commonly prescribed home-based exercise prescriptions, selecting certain of the exercises for comparison relative to a previously compiled digitized motion picture library containing excerpts showing various exercises. A decision is then made as to whether a representative exercise excerpt is endemic to the physical therapy practitioner. If the excerpt(s) are deemed satisfactory, DVD's are developed and provided to the practitioner. The practitioner may then properly prescribe a home-based physical therapy regimen during an office visit at which time a select set of the developed DVD materials are delivered to the patient. The practice-specific compilations may be periodically updated to reflect ongoing changes or requirements of a given therapist's practice.
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