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GuidelinePhysical therapy2024

Telerehabilitation in Physical Therapist Practice: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Physical Therapy Association.

Alan C Lee, Judith E Deutsch, Lesley Holdsworth, Sandra L Kaplan, Heidi Kosakowski, Robert Latz, Lydia Lennox McNeary, Jennifer O'Neil, Oscar Ronzio, Kelly Sanders and 3 more

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Guideline in Physical therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 47 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  20. Quality Appraisal of Telerehabilitation Guidelines: A Systematic Review.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Alan C LeePhysical Therapy Department, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3783-5939
Judith E DeutschRivers Lab, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Program Physical Therapy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Lesley HoldsworthNHS 24, Caledonia House, 140 Fifty Pitches Rd, Cardinals, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Sandra L KaplanDepartment of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Program Physical Therapy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6594-764X
Heidi KosakowskiWorld Physiotherapy, Head of Membership and Policy, Unit 17, Empire Square, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3007-0803
Robert LatzChief Information Office (CIO), Trinity Rehabilitation Services, Florence, Kentucky, USA.
Lydia Lennox McNearySchool of Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
Jennifer O'NeilPhysiotherapy Program, School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Oscar RonzioMember of World Physiotherapy, Argentine Association of Kinesiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kelly SandersMovement for Life Physical Therapy, Atascadero, California, USA.
Michelle Sigmund-GainesOregon Physical Therapist Licensing Board, Tigard, Oregon, USA.
Michele WileyDepartment of Physical Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, USA.
Trevor RussellRECOVER Injury Research Centre, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

American Physical Therapy Association
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A clinical practice guideline on telerehabilitation was developed by an American Physical Therapy Association volunteer guideline development group consisting of international physical therapists and physiotherapists, a physician, and a consumer. The guideline was based on systematic reviews of current scientific literature, clinical information, and accepted approaches to telerehabilitation in physical therapist practice. Seven recommendations address the impact of, preparation for, and implementation of telerehabilitation in physical therapist practice. Research recommendations identify current gaps in knowledge. Overall, with shared decision-making between clinicians and patients to inform patients of service delivery options, direct and indirect costs, barriers, and facilitators of telerehabilitation, the evidence supports the use of telerehabilitation by physical therapists for both examination and intervention. The Spanish and Chinese versions of this clinical practice guideline, as well as the French version of the recommendations, are available as supplementary material (Suppl. Materials).

Indexed as

TelerehabilitationHumansPhysical TherapistsPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPhysical Therapy SpecialtyUnited StatesPhysical TherapistTelehealthTelerehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID38513257
PMCPMC11140266

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