The physiotherapy assessment s such as pain , swelling , range of motion , muscle strength , balance , gait and functional assessment demonstrated good concurrent validity .
Conclusion TR-based physiotherapy assessment was technically feasible with overall good concurrent validity and excellent reliability , except for lumbar spine posture , orthopaedic special tests , neurodynamic testa and scar assessment
Purpose The purpose of this review is to systematic ally explore and summarise the validity and reliability of telerehabilitation (TR)-based physiotherapy assessment for musculoskeletal disorders .
Agreement Between Telerehabilitation and Face-to-Face Clinical Outcome Assessments for Low Back Pain in Primary Care
Study Design . A descriptive study of repeated measures using a crossover design . Objective . To determine the level of agreement between assessment s obtained via telerehabilitation and those obtained by traditional face-to-face method in a population of individuals with chronic low back pain ( LBP ) in a primary care setting . Summary of Background Data . Musculoskeletal assessment using telerehabilitation has shown adequate inter- and intrarater agreement and concordance with face-to-face clinical assessment in different diseases . There have been no published studies on the reliability of a telerehabilitation system to assess LBP . Methods . Fifteen individuals ( 6 males ; mean age , 37 yr ) with chronic LBP attended a session for a clinical interview , followed by face-to-face and real-time online telerehabilitation evaluations . There was a 30-minute interval between the 2 assessment s , the order of which was r and omly selected for each patient . The telerehabilitation system used an Internet application conducted via Internet connection ( 17 kB/s ) between 2 personal computers . Real-time video connection facilitated communication between the therapist and the subject . Outcome measures included lumbar spine mobility , Sorensen test , anterior straight leg raise test , Oswestry Disability Index , visual analogue scale for pain , 12-Item Short Form Health Survey question naire , and Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale . Results . The & agr ; reliability between face-to-face and telerehabilitation evaluations was more than 0.80 for 7 of the 9 outcome measures . Lowest reliability was for lateral flexion range of motion ( & agr;= 0.75 ) . Very good inter- and intrarater intraclass correlation coefficients ( & rgr ; ) were obtained ( 0.92–0.96 ) . Conclusion . The findings of our pilot study suggest that this telerehabilitation system may be useful to assess individuals with chronic LBP , providing initial support for its implementation in primary care . Level of Evidence :
The physiotherapy assessment s such as pain , swelling , range of motion , muscle strength , balance , gait and functional assessment demonstrated good concurrent validity .
Conclusion TR-based physiotherapy assessment was technically feasible with overall good concurrent validity and excellent reliability , except for lumbar spine posture , orthopaedic special tests , neurodynamic testa and scar assessment
Purpose The purpose of this review is to systematic ally explore and summarise the validity and reliability of telerehabilitation (TR)-based physiotherapy assessment for musculoskeletal disorders .