Exploring needs and requirements for a prototype device measuring physical activity in pediatric physical therapy: A qualitative study.

Aims: To analyze needs and requirements of Pediatric Physical Therapists (PPTs), parents, children and adolescents with and without developmental disabilities in the future use of an activity monitor prototype (AM-p) in everyday clinical practice.

Methods: Qualitative exploratory study with a thematic analysis approach, based on Braun and Clarke's six steps. Codes derived from the analysis and central themes were collated, based on Fleuren et al.

Using a behavior change toolkit in pediatric physical therapy to support physical activity: A feasibility study.

Introduction: Physical activity levels of children with disabilities are low, as these children and their parents face a wide variety of both personal and environmental barriers. Behavior change techniques support pediatric physical therapists to address these barriers together with parents and children. We developed the What Moves You?! intervention Toolkit (WMY Toolkit) filled with behavioral change tools for use in pediatric physical therapy practice.

Using a Co-design Approach to Create Tools to Facilitate Physical Activity in Children With Physical Disabilities.

There is a lack of effective interventions available for Pediatric Physical Therapists (PPTs) to promote a physically active lifestyle in children with physical disabilities. Participatory design methods (co-design) may be helpful in generating insights and developing intervention prototypes for facilitating a physically active lifestyle in children with physical disabilities (6-12 years). A multidisciplinary development team of designers, developers, and researchers engaged in a co-design process-together with parents, PPTs, and other relevant stakeholders (such as the Dutch Association of PPTs and care sports connectors).

Fitkids Treadmill Test: Clinical Utility and Factors Associated With Its Use Among Physical Therapists.

Background: Although the Fitkids Treadmill Test (FTT) has been validated and normative values are available for healthy 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents, these facts do not automatically imply uptake of the test in routine practice of physical therapists.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the utility of the FTT in different diagnostic groups and to explore potential factors affecting the use of the FTT in clinical practice.

Design: Mixed methods with both quantitative and qualitative data were used in this study.

Comparing the critical features of e-applications for three-dimensional anatomy education.

Anatomical e-applications are increasingly being created and used in medical education and health care for the purpose of gaining anatomical knowledge. Research has established their superiority over 2D methods in the acquisition of spatial anatomy knowledge. Many different anatomy e-applications have been designed, but a comparative review is still lacking.