Of these, massageconstituted two thirds of all prescriptions for physiotherapy, significantly more than prescriptions for regulated exercise.
However, along with this other German study [ 19] and the Irish study [ 22], we found that physiotherapy was carried out in a low percentage of cases – and it was usually only massage, not regulated exercise which was prescribed.
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An attractive alternative to increase the elderlies' motivation for self-regulated exercises are exergames.
In a rehabilitation setting, self-regulated exercises are conventionally taught by physiotherapists, using handouts.
Conventional self-regulated exercises as the control, are already part of the standard rehabilitation services prescribed at Walenstadtberg Clinic.
In order to increase the quantity and duration of therapy offered to patients, they are therefore prescribed self-regulated exercises.
He created a concealed randomization spreadsheet within these 4 strata using block allocation to assign patients either to conventional self-regulated exercises or self-regulated exergames.
According to the available literature, this study is the first to compare conventional self-regulated exercises with exergames among older patients in a rehabilitation setting.
These RPE scores are slightly lower than those recommended for the regulation of moderate intensity exercise (12 14) [ 27], however, in self-regulated exercise it is not uncommon for RPE ratings to become uncoupled from physiological variables [ 15, 35– 35].
It is not known, however, whether affect-regulated exercise training can lead to physical health gains.
