[Protocol for the telerehabilitation of the lower limb amputee patient using mobile technologies].

Abstract

Objective: To design a protocol for telerehabilitation of the lower limb amputee patient using mobile technologies.

Methods: Quantitative descriptive study. For the design of the protocol, a literature search in indexed databases and validation of the content by experts in the field were carried out. Thirteen experts in the field of rehabilitation were convened to evaluate the content of the protocols in terms of adequacy, pertinence and relevance. Subsequently, a consensus was reached to define the protocols used in the software. A Likert-type scale with a score from 1 to 5 was used, where 1 refers to the lowest rating and 5 corresponds to the highest, scores that were then translated into three categories where 1 and 2 became "Not important", 3 and 4 were classified as "Useful, not essential", and 5 was classified as "Essential", for the calculation of the content validity index. The Fleiss Kappa coefficient was estimated for each criterion, where the scale established by Landis and Koch, which qualitatively expresses the strength of agreement between the evaluators, was taken into account for the interpretation.

Results: The protocol has acceptable properties to be used as an intervention tool for lower limb amputee patients, it was provided in a software for cell phones called Apptivate, which was designed through an interprofessional work and contains the number of repetitions and series to be performed for each exercise, with animations, text and descriptive audio.