The Current Accuracy, Cost-Effectiveness, and Uses of Musculoskeletal Telehealth and Telerehabilitation Services.
Curr Sports Med Rep
; 21(7): 247-260, 2022 Jul 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1933185
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Musculoskeletal conditions are a major contributor to global morbidity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians needed to rapidly meet the evolving requirements of their patients, which resulted in an increased adoption of telehealth services. This area needs more research, as there is currently a paucity of studies, and telehealth practices are continuing to advance and evolve. This study subsequently aims to evaluate the ethics, health economics, and accuracy of current musculoskeletal telehealth services. This article combines three original studies; a telehealth accuracy systematic review; a cost-effectiveness scoping review; and a biopsychosocial narrative review. These studies were combined into one article. This article concludes that telehealth services achieve an average agreement with in-person assessments of 62% for the knee and 31% for the shoulder and that telerehabilitation services incur average cost savings per patient of £38.57 but that these savings are primarily a result of a reduced need to travel.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telemedicine
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Telerehabilitation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Sports Med Rep
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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