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Rehabilitation clinicians' use of mainstream wireless technologies in practice: a scoping review.

Brad E DiciannoAngad SalhLindsey MorrisYifan XiangDan Ding
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology (2024)
MWT such as apps, smartphones and tablets are being used by rehabilitation clinicians to address motor, cognitive, and speech skills, most commonly in adults. Clinicians voice a need for more education and training. Barriers and facilitators exist at the clinician-, technology-, client-, institution-, and policy levels.Implications For RehabilitationA total of 90 articles from 2015-2022 were included in this scoping reviewMost interventions were apps, smartphones, and tablets; were geared toward adults; and targeted motor, cognitive and speech skills.An infographic was generated as a decision support tool for clinicians when implementing mainstream wireless technologies in clinical practice.Clinicians' education and training needs with regard to mainstream wireless technologies are broad. Materials on a variety of topics, in different formats, from multiple sources are needed.This review also discusses implications of findings on policy, technology development, and future research.
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