Telerehabilitation. Principles and Practice

Offering significant benefits to both healthcare providers and patients, telerehabilitation is a key component in the future of rehabilitation care. Telerehabilitation: Principles and Practice provides expert information from experienced practitioners in the field, covering the wide range of patients seen in a rehabilitation medical practice or a hospital-based system. It provides quick access to information on common rehabilitation diagnoses and practices and how you can best use telerehabilitation to provide timely, effective care to every patient. 

• Clearly explains the benefits and utility of telerehabilitation for improving access to care and outcomes for various patient populations. 

• Uses a reader-friendly format based on diagnosis of specific disorders and common problems. 

• Covers telerehabilitation for spinal cord injury, stroke, and cancer rehabilitation. 

• Discusses key topics such as telemedicine for persons with disabilities, telerehabilitation in developing countries, telerehabilitation for integrative health, and mechanisms of telerehabilitation. 

• Explains the nuances of starting a telerehabilitation practice and the associated legislative, revenue, and compliance issues. 

• Features numerous charts, graphs, illustrations, and photographs throughout. 

• Ideal for rehabilitation professionals, physiatrists, and PM&R residents and specialists, as well as physical and occupational therapists. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.