Implementation of physiotherapy telerehabilitation before and post Covid-19 outbreak: A comparative narrative between South American countries and Australia
Journal
Salud Pública de México
ISSN
1606-7916
0036-3634
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Antonio Michell
Pamela Seron
Matías Voigt
Rodrigo Cubillos
Felipe Parada-Hernández
Oscar Urrejola
Thaiana Barbosa Ferreira-Pacheco
Danilo De Oliveira-Silva
Jéssica Bianca Aily
Jorge Enrique Moreno-Collazos
Iván Darío Pinzón-Ríos
Clara Liliana Aguirre-Aguirre
Rana S Hinman
Kim L Bennell
Trevor G Russell
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:p>The continuous development in telecommunication technologies has created opportunities for health professionals to optimise healthcare delivery by adopting digital tools into rehabilitation programs (i.e., telerehabilitation). These technological advances, along with the demographic and social characteristics of each country, have made the implementation of telerehabilitation a disparate process across regions. We have gathered the experience of four countries (Australia, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia) in two different regions (Oceania and South America) to recompile the history pre- and post-Covid-19 outbreak until January of 2021, the barriers to, and facilitators of telerehabilitation, and outline the future challenges for these countries.</jats:p>
Subjects
australia
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coronavirus infections
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digital health
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physical therapy modalities
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public health
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south america
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telerehabilitation
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brazil
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covid-19
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disease outbreaks
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humans
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physical therapy modalities
;
telerehabilitation
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brazil
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epidemic
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human
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physiotherapy
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telerehabilitation