Factors influencing the delivery of telerehabilitation for stroke: A systematic review.
Aoife StephensonSarah C HowesPaul J MurphyJudith E DeutschMaria StokesKaty PedlowSuzanne M McDonoughPublished in: PloS one (2022)
This review synthesises the evidence relating to factors that may influence stroke telerehabilitation intervention delivery at a crucial timepoint given the rapid deployment of telerehabilitation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It recommends strategies, such as ensuring adequate training and technical infrastructure, shared learning and consistent reporting of cost and usability and acceptability outcomes, to overcome challenges in embedding and routinising this service model and priorities for research in this area.