The acceptance of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A systematic review
Session
Sport, Health and Society
Description
The aim of this study is to review the data collected from articles, reviews and research papers on telerehabilitation of the last 5 years. We searched the Medline/PubMed, PEDRO and Cochrane Library databases. To find the necessary articles to carry out this review, we have used keywords such as telerehabilitation, digital health and virtual rehabilitation. Articles where the interventions to be evaluated is telerehabilitation by physical therapy of cardiac, nervous and musculoskeletal pathologies, were included. Some studies have shown that the efficacy of tele-rehabilitation is comparable to in person rehabilitation or better than no rehabilitation, while others demonstrate equal efficacy of tele-rehabilitation or even superior than one-on- one physiotherapy. This method was shown to be effective in conditions such as osteoarthritis, low back pain, post-operative patients, multiple-sclerosis, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. Studies showed that a physiotherapeutic intervention with telerehabilitation is feasible and an acceptable method for patients with cardiac, nervous or musculoskeletal conditions. Tele-rehabilitation has shown to be useful in enabling physiotherapists to access patients who are unable to attend one on one rehab because of transportation difficulties and various other reasons for non- attendance.
Keywords:
telerehabilitation, digital health, virtual rehabilitation
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
First Page
1
Last Page
2
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.2
Recommended Citation
Sulaj, Ana; Lalaj, Andromeda (Keci); Çaveli, Angjela; and Tani, Klejda, "The acceptance of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A systematic review" (2022). UBT International Conference. 2.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/2
The acceptance of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A systematic review
Lipjan, Kosovo
The aim of this study is to review the data collected from articles, reviews and research papers on telerehabilitation of the last 5 years. We searched the Medline/PubMed, PEDRO and Cochrane Library databases. To find the necessary articles to carry out this review, we have used keywords such as telerehabilitation, digital health and virtual rehabilitation. Articles where the interventions to be evaluated is telerehabilitation by physical therapy of cardiac, nervous and musculoskeletal pathologies, were included. Some studies have shown that the efficacy of tele-rehabilitation is comparable to in person rehabilitation or better than no rehabilitation, while others demonstrate equal efficacy of tele-rehabilitation or even superior than one-on- one physiotherapy. This method was shown to be effective in conditions such as osteoarthritis, low back pain, post-operative patients, multiple-sclerosis, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. Studies showed that a physiotherapeutic intervention with telerehabilitation is feasible and an acceptable method for patients with cardiac, nervous or musculoskeletal conditions. Tele-rehabilitation has shown to be useful in enabling physiotherapists to access patients who are unable to attend one on one rehab because of transportation difficulties and various other reasons for non- attendance.