Health-Enabling Technologies to Assist Patients With Musculoskeletal Shoulder Disorders When Exercising at Home: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-enabling technologies (HETs) are information and communication technologies that promote individual health and well-being. An important application of HETs is telerehabilitation for patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders. Currently, there is no overview of HETs that assist patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders when exercising at home.

Objective

This scoping review provides a broad overview of HETs that assist patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders when exercising at home. It focuses on concepts and components of HETs, exercise program strategies, development phases, and reported outcomes.

Methods

The search strategy used Medical Subject Headings and text words related to the terms upper extremity, exercises, and informa

SUBMITTER: Elgert L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294637 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature