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The objective of the study was to draw on the insights of people with stroke to
assist in the development of a telerehabilitation program, using easily
accessible technology to deliver an intervention. A qualitative study was
conducted with four focus groups of people who were at least 12 months
post-stroke and who had completed their rehabilitation.
All focus groups were
conducted in community facilities and used a semi-structured approach. Fifteen
people took part in the focus groups. Three main themes emerged from the data in
response to questions about use of technology and important aspects of
physiotherapy. The first theme expressed the participants' perspective that the
technology really helped with "keeping connected". The second theme indicated
"what we need from therapists" in order to gain the most from therapy; and the
third theme highlighted aspects of a physiotherapy program they considered
important, "what we would like from therapy". The themes helped us gain insight
into how participants viewed the use of technology to augment rehabilitation and
also what they needed from therapists to make the gains they viewed as important.
These themes informed the development of a telerehabilitation program using
readily accessible technology.

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