Evaluating Telerehabilitation for Patients across the Lifespan

Dear Colleagues,

Digital and electronic information and communication technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly reliable, affordable, and more widely used, including in healthcare. Telerehabilitation can be defined as the use of ICTs to provide rehabilitation services from a distance. Telerehabilitation offers the opportunity to provide care in a new way and may improve access to quality rehabilitation services. Given recent advances in these technologies and new clinical applications, there is a need to summarize and continue to advance the existing literature in the field.

This Special Issue aims to showcase and bring together the latest research and innovations in the field of telerehabilitation. This Special Issue is open to all subjects related to telerehabilitation, including providing all aspects of rehabilitation and habilitation care from a distance (e.g., evaluation, intervention, community integration, monitoring, prevention, education) using ICTs (audio and video technologies, electronic health records, virtual reality applications, etc.). We welcome original studies and reviews including studies regarding telerehabilitation efficacy and effectiveness, economic analyses, qualitative studies, and implementation and sustainability studies across the lifespan and across rehabilitation disciplines. Studies using innovative research methods and technologies are welcomed.

Dr. Dahlia Kairy
Prof. Michel Tousignant
Dr. Racheli Kizony
Prof. Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss
Guest Editors

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