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ReviewHealth care science2026

Electronic Devices and Digital Therapeutics in Neuromuscular Diseases: Narrative Review on Current Applications in Patients' Management and Pharmacovigilance.

Ilaria Saltarella, Concetta Altamura, Paola Laghetti, Giuseppina Settanni, Nicola Savino, Angelo Galiano, Bodvaël Fraysse, Angelo Vacca, Jean-François Desaphy

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Review in Health care science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ilaria SaltarellaSection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-518X
Concetta AltamuraSection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy.
Paola LaghettiSection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy.
Giuseppina SettanniR&D Department Dyrecta Lab, Research Institute Conversano Italy.
Nicola SavinoR&D Department Dyrecta Lab, Research Institute Conversano Italy.
Angelo GalianoR&D Department Dyrecta Lab, Research Institute Conversano Italy.
Bodvaël FraysseNantes Université, CHU de Nantes, INSERM UMR 1089, Translational Gene Therapy Laboratory (TaRGeT) Nantes France.
Angelo VaccaInterdepartmental Center for Research in Telemedicine University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy.
Jean-François DesaphySection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8816-9369

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital health technologies have revolutionized the management of neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), offering novel opportunities for disease monitoring, rehabilitation, telemedicine, pharmacological research, and pharmacovigilance. This narrative review aims to provide an integrated overview of the current applications of digital health technologies in NMDs, highlighting their role in diagnosis, disease monitoring, rehabilitation, telemedicine, pharmacological research, and pharmacovigilance. Relevant articles were identified by interrogating PubMed using combinations of keywords including "neuromuscular diseases," "digital health," "digital therapeutics," "telemedicine," "wearable devices," "remote monitoring," "telerehabilitation," and "pharmacovigilance." This review describes how wearable devices, digital biomarkers, telemedicine platforms, and digital therapeutics can facilitate continuous and real-time monitoring of clinically relevant parameters, including muscle strength, mobility, physical activity, and disease progression. In addition, digital technologies support remote patient management, rehabilitation programs, early detection of clinical changes, and the development of personalized therapeutic interventions. Emerging evidence also suggests that digital health tools may improve the design and conduct of clinical trials, enhance the collection and analysis of real-world data and patient-reported outcomes, and contribute to more effective pharmacovigilance strategies. Despite challenges on data privacy, digital literacy, integration into healthcare system and the need for large-scale or long-term clinical trials, the integration of digital therapeutics, digital biomarkers, and pharmacovigilance frameworks represents a promising and still underexplored area of research that may substantially contribute to the development of precision medicine approaches in NMDs.

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digital therapeuticdigital therapyelectronic deviceneuromuscular diseasepharmacovigilance

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PMID42856824
PMCPMC13650189

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