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Addendum: Exploring the Importance of Race and Gender Concordance Between Patients and Physical Therapists in Digital Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Observational, Longitudinal Study

Addendum: Exploring the Importance of Race and Gender Concordance Between Patients and Physical Therapists in Digital Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Observational, Longitudinal Study

Authors of this article:

Anabela C Areias1 Author Orcid Image ;   Dora Janela1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maria Molinos1 Author Orcid Image ;   Virgílio Bento1 Author Orcid Image ;   Carolina Moreira1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Vijay Yanamadala1, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Steven P Cohen5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Fernando Dias Correia1, 7 Author Orcid Image ;   Fabíola Costa1 Author Orcid Image
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    Corrigenda and Addenda

    1Sword Health, Inc, New York, NY, United States

    2Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal

    3Department of Surgery, Frank H Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, United States

    4Department of Neurosurgery, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, Westport, CT, United States

    5Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

    6Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States

    7Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Corresponding Author:

    Fabíola Costa, PhD

    Sword Health, Inc

    169 Madison Ave, Suite 15501

    New York, NY, 10016

    United States

    Phone: 1 385 308 8034

    Email: f.costa@swordhealth.com



    In the publication “Exploring the Importance of Race and Gender Concordance Between Patients and Physical Therapists in Digital Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Observational, Longitudinal Study” [1], an addendum has been prepared to provide additional details regarding the exercise intervention and further enhance clarity and transparency.

    An illustrative summary of exercise prescription, alongside typical exercise dosage, adjustments, and progression principles, has been included as Multimedia Appendix 2 (included here as Multimedia Appendix 1). This appendix provides a generalized framework underlying exercise prescriptions, which were individually adapted based on the patient’s condition and progression. Additional descriptions of digital care program implementations in specific musculoskeletal populations are available in previous studies [2,3], cited in the Introduction and Methods of the original article, respectively. These additions do not affect the study findings or conclusions of the original publication.

    Multimedia Appendix 1

    General overview of the exercise prescription framework.

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    1. Areias AC, Janela D, Molinos M, Bento V, Moreira C, Yanamadala V, et al. Exploring the importance of race and gender concordance between patients and physical therapists in digital rehabilitation for musculoskeletal conditions: observational, longitudinal study. J Med Internet Res. Oct 29, 2024;26:e65354. [FREE Full text] [CrossRef] [Medline]
    2. Cui D, Janela D, Costa F, Molinos M, Areias AC, Moulder RG, et al. Randomized-controlled trial assessing a digital care program versus conventional physiotherapy for chronic low back pain. NPJ Digit Med. Jul 07, 2023;6(1):121. [FREE Full text] [CrossRef] [Medline]
    3. Areias AC, Costa F, Janela D, Molinos M, Moulder RG, Lains J, et al. Impact on productivity impairment of a digital care program for chronic low back pain: a prospective longitudinal cohort study. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. Feb 2023;63:102709. [FREE Full text] [CrossRef] [Medline]

    Edited by JMIR Publications Editorial Office; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 08.Apr.2026; accepted 25.Aug.2026; published 27.Aug.2026.

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    ©Anabela C Areias, Dora Janela, Maria Molinos, Virgílio Bento, Carolina Moreira, Vijay Yanamadala, Steven P Cohen, Fernando Dias Correia, Fabíola Costa. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 27.Aug.2026.

    This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (ISSN 1438-8871), is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.