Telerehabilitation: Remote multimedia-supported assistance and mobile monitoring of balance training outcomes can facilitate the clinical staff's effort

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-171

  Krpič, Andrej ^a,b   Savanović, Arso ^a   Cikajlo, Imre ^b  

^a SmartCom Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

balance; diagnostics; smartphone; stroke; telerehabilitation; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; INTERNET CONNECTION; REAL TIME TRACKING; REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS; STROKE; TELEREHABILITATION;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PRECISION BALANCES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIMEDIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECONSULTATION; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MULTIMEDIA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; REHABILITATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; CELL PHONES;

EID: 84877579482     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: 14735660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32835dd63b     Document Type: Article

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