The Research
J Telemed Telecare. 2016 Jan 1:1357633X16686748. doi: 10.1177/1357633X16686748.
The comparison of telerehabilitation and face-to-face rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jiang S1, Xiang J1, Gao X1, Guo K1, Liu B2.
- Telerehabilitation could achieve comparable pain relief and better Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index improvement
- Telerehabilitation treatment resulted in a significantly higher extension range.
- Telerehabilitation should be recommended for patients after total knee arthoplasty because of its comparable pain control and better improvement of functional recovery as compared to face-to-face rehabilitation.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28027679
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Jan 19;93(2):113-20. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01375.
Internet-based outpatient telerehabilitation for patients following total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.
Russell TG1, Buttrum P, Wootton R, Jull GA.
- Outcomes achieved via telerehabilitation at six weeks following total knee arthroplasty were comparable with those after conventional rehabilitation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21248209
Physiother Res Int. 2010 Sep;15(3):167-75. doi: 10.1002/pri.471.
Telerehabilitation mediated physiotherapy assessment of ankle disorders.
Russell TG1, Blumke R, Richardson B, Truter P.
- A high level of inter and intrarater reliability was found for the telerehabilitation assessments.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20812313
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 May 15;38(11):947-52. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318281a36c.
Agreement between telerehabilitation and face-to-face clinical outcome assessments for low back pain in primary care.
Palacín-Marín F1, Esteban-Moreno B, Olea N, Herrera-Viedma E, Arroyo-Morales M.
- Very good inter- and intrarater intraclass correlation coefficients were obtained.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23238489
J Telemed Telecare. 2017 Jan 1:1357633X17723367. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17723367.
Cost analysis of telerehabilitation after arthroscopic subacromial decompression.
Pastora-Bernal JM1, Martín-Valero R2, Barón-López FJ3.
- The estimated total cost analysis shows a preliminary cost differential in favour of the telerehabilitation group, meaning that for each participant’s total intervention, telerehabilitation saves 29.8% of the costs.
- Real cost analysis, only for received treatments, shows a cost differential in favour of telerehabilitation, meaning that for each participant’s total intervention, telerehabilitation saves 22.15% of the costs incurred for conventional rehabilitation.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28816578
J Telemed Telecare. 2017 Jan 1:1357633X17706583. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17706583.
Telerehabilitation after arthroscopic subacromial decompression is effective and not inferior to standard practice: Preliminary results.
Pastora-Bernal JM1, Martín-Valero R2, Barón-López FJ3, Guerrero Moyano N4, Estebanez-Pérez MJ5.
- The results of this study provide evidence for the efficacy of telerehabilitation after shoulder arthroscopy in shoulder impingement syndrome.
- A telerehabilitation programme with range of motion, strengthening of the rotator cuff and scapula stabilizers exercises seems to be similar and not inferior to traditional face-to-face physiotherapy after subacromial arthroscopic decompression.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449618