My Personal Rehab Training Resources
Welcome to the My Personal Rehab training resource web page.
We’re excited to be working with you.
On this page, you will find:
Your site champion and coordinator are trained to help answer your questions.
If you have questions or need support, contact the research team:
- Email us at mypersonalrehab@neura.edu.au or
- Leave a voice message (02) 9399 1888.
Training Resources
These training slides are for all healthcare professionals (HCP) participating in the My Personal Rehab study.
As a HCP participating in the study, we encourage you to identify as many potentially eligible participants as you can, helping them scan the QR code or noting their contact details for the research team to get in contact for screening.
If you completed online training, are a rotating staff or student helping to recruit for the study, find the ‘Click here to complete your training’ button below.
These training slides are for the site champions in the My Personal Rehab study. As a champion, you will engage your team in promoting the study, and guide your team to this website for resources.
If you completed online training, are a rotating staff helping to recruit for the study, find the quiz by clicking on ‘Click here to complete your training’ button below.
Contact the research team to have more participant flyers professionally printed.
Your cheat sheets to understanding the study
Review this cheat sheet to understand the eligibility criteria, and what to do once you’ve identified a potentially eligible patient.
Review the cheat sheet for the Usual Care (Health Education group) & Intervention+Usual Care (Exercise group).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: How recent should the injury be?
A: There is no specific time requirement for when the injury occurred. However, the patient must have an active lower limb rehabilitation goal and the potential to improve lower limb function. Patients currently attending outpatient rehabilitation may be eligible, provided they meet all other inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Q: Is there any flexibility with the age criterion (e.g. for a 49-year-old)?
A: No. Participants must be 50 years of age or older to be eligible. There is no flexibility with this criterion; individuals who are 49 years old (including 49.5 years old) are not eligible.
Q: Are patients receiving the Transition Care Program (TACP) eligible?
A: Yes. Patients receiving TACP services can be referred, provided they meet all other inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Q: Are people eligible if they are discharged to a rural area or outside the catchment following inpatient or outpatient care (e.g. discharged to Wagga Wagga)?
A: Yes. Patients referred from participating hospitals in NSW (SESLHD and SWSLHD) and Victoria (Western Health, Eastern Health, and Austin Health) can be referred while they are in hospital, even if they will be living a considerable distance away after discharge. This is because the intervention is delivered via telehealth. Provided they meet all other inclusion and exclusion criteria, their post-discharge location does not affect eligibility.
Q: Is there a target number of participants to be recruited?
A: Yes. The target recruitment number for the study is 620 participants, 310 each in control and intervention group.
Q: What are the requirements for wearing the Garmin watch for monitoring physical activity (e.g. during sleep and showering)?
A: Participants are encouraged to wear the watch at all times, including during sleep and while showering, to maximise data collection. The watch is waterproof.
Q: What is the role of physiotherapists in the study and what contact will they have with participants?
A: Physiotherapists will primarily assist with participant recruitment.
This includes:
- screening patient lists each week to identify potentially eligible participants,
- providing study information (e.g. the participant information flyer),
- encouraging eligible patients to scan the QR code to express interest in the study, and/or
- assisting with QR code scanning if required. If a patient is unable to scan the QR code, physiotherapists can pass the patient’s contact details to the site coordinator for follow-up.
Once a participant is recruited, the site coordinator may contact the treating physiotherapist to obtain clinical information relevant to the exercise program.
This may include advice on whether the participant should commence the Foundation Program (seated exercises with some supported standing exercises) or the Standing Exercise Program, and whether any specific exercises should be modified or excluded (e.g. exercises on unstable surfaces or exercise linked to joint pain) based on the participant’s clinical presentation and safety considerations.
Q: Can people with visual or hearing impairments participate in the study?
A: This will depend on the clinical presentation of the patient.
The program includes both written instructions and voice guidance, which may assist participants depending on their needs. The participants with mild visual or hearing impairments may be eligible if they are able to:
- engage with the tablet-based program and
- answer study questionnaires.
If there is uncertainty about a participant’s ability to use the technology, it may be helpful to ask them to use their own phone or tablet to assess their ability to interact with the platform.
Clinical judgement should be used when determining suitability. If a participant is unable to effectively engage with the tablet-based program despite the available supports, they are unlikely to be suitable for the study.
Q. Can people with lower limb amputation participate in the study?
A: Yes, if they are in the rehabilitation stage, have been fitted with a lower limb prosthesis, and are able to stand with, or without assistance, they would potentially be eligible.