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
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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>