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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2020

The Role of Engagement in Teleneurorehabilitation: A Systematic Review.

Marta Matamala-Gomez, Marta Maisto, Jessica Isbely Montana, Petar Aleksandrov Mavrodiev, Francesca Baglio, Federica Rossetto, Fabrizia Mantovani, Giuseppe Riva, Olivia Realdon

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Turkish reliability and validity of Neurorehabilitation Experience Questionnaire.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marta Matamala-Gomez"Riccardo Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Marta Maisto"Riccardo Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Jessica Isbely Montana"Riccardo Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Petar Aleksandrov Mavrodiev"Riccardo Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Francesca BaglioIRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy.
Federica RossettoIRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy.
Fabrizia Mantovani"Riccardo Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Giuseppe RivaDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Olivia Realdon"Riccardo Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
University of Milano-Bicocca · ITDon Carlo Gnocchi Foundation · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing understanding of the importance of involving patients with neurological diseases in their healthcare routine either for at-home management of their chronic conditions or after the hospitalization period has opened the research for new rehabilitation strategies to enhance patient engagement in neurorehabilitation. In addition, the use of new digital technologies in the neurorehabilitation field enables the implementation of telerehabilitation systems such as virtual reality interventions, video games, web-based interventions, mobile applications, web-based or telephonic telecoach programs, in order to facilitate the relationship between clinicians and patients, and to motivate and activate patients to continue with the rehabilitation process at home. Here we present a systematic review that aims at reviewing the effectiveness of different engagement strategies and the different engagement assessments while using telerehabilitation systems in patients with neurological disorders. We used PICO's format to define the question of the review, and the systematic review protocol was designed following the Preferred Reported Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Bibliographical data was collected by using the following bibliographic databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science. Eighteen studies were included in this systematic review for full-text analyses. Overall, the reviewed studies using engagement strategies through telerehabilitation systems in patients with neurological disorders were mainly focused on patient self-management and self-awareness, patient motivation, and patient adherence subcomponents of engagement, that are involved in by the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional dimensions of engagement. Conclusion: The studies commented throughout this systematic review pave the way for the design of new telerehabilitation protocols, not only focusing on measuring quantitative or qualitative measures but measuring both of them through a mixed model intervention design (1). The future clinical studies with a mixed model design will provide more abundant data regarding the role of engagement in telerehabilitation, leading to a possibly greater understanding of its underlying components.

Indexed as

digital technologiesengagementpatient activationself-managementteleneurorehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID32435227
PMCPMC7218051
OpenAlexW3021549487

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