Awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and barriers of app-based human motion capture technology for rehabilitation, among physiotherapists- An exploratory study
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objectives: With increasing availability of resources in a cost-effective manner, technology must be put to use to maximize the benefits in the physiotherapy assessment and rehabilitation. For that, the preliminary step is to identify the existing awareness, knowledge, practices and barriers of the app-based motion capture technology among physiotherapists. Material and Methods: An indigenous questionnaire was formulated which included 4 domains viz awareness, knowledge, attitudes and barriers. It was later content and face-validated with the help of experts. After the pilot testing it was sent to physiotherapy professional in Maharashtra in the form of google forms. Results: About 24.26% ( n =49) were not aware of the term MOCAP in rehabilitation. In the quiz of the knowledge section, the participants got a median score of 10 with an interquartile range of 8 to 11 marks. There were significant associations between awareness of app-based MOCAP technology among participants with that of highest degree of participants, age and years of passing and between scores of the quiz in the knowledge section with that of age and degree of the participants. Conclusion: We concluded that there is a gap in the awareness of MOCAP among physiotherapy professionals as presented from knowledge quiz scores, attitudes and barriers obtained in the survey.
Authors: Raveena Kini, Sanjana Pandhare
Institution: Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416067659