Technologies to Support Assessment of Movement During Video Consultations: Exploratory Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding and assessing patients' body movements is essential for physical rehabilitation but is challenging in video consultations, as clinicians are frequently unable to see the whole patient or observe the patient as they perform specific movements.

Objective

The objective of this exploratory study was to assess the use of readily available technologies that would enable remote assessment of patient movement as part of a video consultation.

Methods

We reviewed the literature and available technologies and chose four technologies (Kubi and Pivo desktop robots, Facebook Portal TV, wide-angle webcam), in addition to help from a friend or a simple mobile phone holder, to assist video consultations. We used 5 standard assessments (sit-to-stand, timed "Up

SUBMITTER: Jones RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature