Knee Pain Relieving Exercises app

Knee Pain Relieving Exercises app

  • The app provides four very simple exercise programmes for rehabilitation for a knee injury.
  • These do not take into account any individual differences and there is no screening or direction to determine which programme of exercise you should perform.
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Knee Pain Relieving Exercises app By Dr.Kavin Khatri

Features

  • The app design is very simple.
  • There is no screening section, no reminders, no community, no graphs, no reporting, no diary.
Country of origin Russia
Clinical review 

1 star review


Read a clinical review, including safety concerns, below.
Security and privacy Does the app:
  • Collect medical information? Yes
  • Require a login? No
  • Have password protection? No
  • Have a privacy policy? Yes – please note that the privacy policy does state that the app uses third party services that may collect information used to identify you. It then lists the 14 third party services involved in the app- many of these from different countries (including Russia, China, Cyprus and Isreal), and it is not clear why there are so many services collecting information.
  • Require internet access to use? No

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Cost Free
Advertisements

There are regular and time-consuming ads that appear through this app. They are very frustrating and affect the user experience. These are often linking or advertising to other games, and they are difficult to exit out of without being sent to a separate site.
These ads can be up to 60 seconds in duration, which causes real frustrations when you are using the app.
How to get the app

This app contains a range of exercise programmes, designed after a range of knee conditions.

  • The programmes are titled ‘simple knee exercises’, ‘knee arthritis’ ‘knee strengthening’ and ‘knee saver workout’. Additionally, there is a very small section on general information to do with knee pain.
  • The exercises do not take into account any individual differences, and there is no screening or direction to determine which programme of exercise you should perform.

For the complete app description, go to Google Play(external link), or, for a more detailed review, see reviews below.

PROS CONS 

✔ Displays simple exercise programmes for people with knee pain.

✘ The frequency and nature of the ads through the app are really frustrating.

✘ To illustrate this, I have taken a screen shot below of the app, at one stage when trying to access exercises. There were three ads that were popping up at the same time, making it really difficult to get on with using the app effectively.

✘ The programmes are quite simple, in picture format only, there is no direction towards choosing particular exercises or exercise programmes.

✘ There are no screening questionnaires to ensure that you are safe to exercise, or that you choose the right programme.

✘ The information section on knee pain is very simple, and you would likely get the same (if not more detailed) information from Wikipedia.

Clinical review

2 star review



Reviewer: Chris Lawrence, Community-based physiotherapist.
Date of review: April 2024
Platform: Android
Version: 2.28
Comments: This is a very basic app. It’s functions are quite limited, and while the app isn’t bad, I just don’t see a lot of benefit that you will gain from having it. I’d recommend you investigate other apps on the market and have a good read of the privacy policy before downloading this app.
Safety concerns:

Yes, there are a few safety concerns:

  1. Medical disclaimer: Although if you read through the description of the app on the Google Play store, there is a good disclaimer, there is no disclaimer on the app itself, or clear directions about how to use. There should be some advice around what to do if you get pain when exercising, getting clearance to exercise after a knee injury, easing into an exercise programme etc. Even the names of the different programmes are not well explained- for instance what is a ‘knee-saver’ programme, and who should be using this?
  2. Ideally, exercise programmes should have an element of There are no screening questions, or outcome measure testing through the app to determine an appropriate starting point for exercise.
  3. There are no video demonstrations of exercises through the app- it is all done via pictures, which seem to have a higher chance of having someone perform an exercise incorrectly.

An example screen shot is below:

New Zealand relevance: Yes- technically the app is relevant to NZ. The specific exercises are standardised and are similar to what you might get given at a physiotherapist in NZ. The app is just quite simple- and if you are in NZ with knee pain, it would be much more strongly recommended that you consult your GP or physiotherapist first. If need be, there are other exercise-based apps which are likely to be more beneficial.

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Knee exercise apps
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