Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Physical Therapy: A Rapid Overview.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this article was to summarize the available evidence from systematic reviews on telerehabilitation in physical therapy.

Methods

We searched Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases. In addition, the records in PROSPERO and Epistemonikos and PEDro were consulted. Systematic reviews of different conditions, populations, and contexts-where the intervention to be evaluated is telerehabilitation by physical therapy-were included. The outcomes were clinical effectiveness depending on specific condition, functionality, quality of life, satisfaction, adherence, and safety. Data extraction and risk of bias assessment were carried out by a reviewer with non-independent verification by a second reviewer. The findings are reported qualitatively in

SUBMITTER: Seron P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7928601 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature