TY - JOUR AU - Aily, Jéssica Bianca AU - Barton, Christian John AU - Mattiello, Stela Marcia AU - de Oliveira Silva, Danilo AU - de Noronha, Marcos PY - 2020/12/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Telerehabilitation for Knee Osteoarthritis in Brazil: A Feasibility Study JF - International Journal of Telerehabilitation JA - Int J Telerehab VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - Country Reports DO - 10.5195/ijt.2020.6323 UR - http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/Telerehab/article/view/6323 SP - 137-148 AB - <p class="AbstractBodyText"><strong>Background: </strong>The effectiveness of telerehabilitation for a patient with knee osteoarthritis may depend upon the person’s adherence to intervention. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether people with knee osteoarthritis would adhere to exercise-therapy facilitated via multiple media in Brazil, a newly industrialized country. <strong>Method:</strong> This is a feasibility study, pre-post intervention. Middle aged (40-50 years) and elderly (?70 years) people with knee osteoarthritis received in-person exercise-therapy instructions on the first day, along with a booklet and DVD (videos) to take home. Participants also received six motivational phone calls throughout the 12-week treatment. Satisfaction and adherence were assessed one week after intervention with the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS), sections B and C. Preference on the method used to adhere to exercises was recorded. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Telerehabilitation was well accepted by middle-aged and elderly Brazilians with knee osteoarthritis. The preferred media to enhance adherence, was a booklet with descriptions of the exercises, especially for the elderly cohort.</p> ER -