Table 1

Providing services and corresponding system task for (a) patient and (b) healthcare professional sides of the telerehabilitation programme

ServicePatient platformHP platform
MessagingSend and receive text messages
Notify new/unread messages
Notify if receiver read the message
Send and receive text messages
Send and receive text messages
Notify new/unread messages
Notify if receiver read the message
Send and receive text messages
TrainingProvide a daily virtual training programme (number of repetitions and sets)
Provide video instruction for each exercise
Organise performed and remaining exercises and notify the patient
Count the repetitions using sensors
Send adherence report (exercise, repetitions, sets, overall adherence)
Personalise training programme
Show patients’ adherence
ReportsCollect and send PRO reports (pain, OKS,33 knee swollen)
Instruct how to report
Notify the patient to send a report
Show a history of reports
Show report
InformationProvide project relevant multimedia/informationModify the information
  • HP, healthcare professional; OKS, Oxford Knee Score; PRO, patient reported outcome.