Effectiveness of an interactive virtual telerehabilitation system in patients after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-396

  Piqueras, Mercè ^a,b   Marco, Ester ^a,b   Coll, Maria ^a,b   Escalada, Ferran ^a,b   Ballester, Alex ^a,b   Cinca, Carme ^a,b   Belmonte, Roser ^a,b   Muniesa, Josep M ^a,b  

^a Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Knee; Rehabilitation; Telemedicine; Telerehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875984304     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1119     Document Type: Article

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