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The Western Isles Stroke Telerehabilitation (Specialist Medical Consultation) Service – implementation and evaluation
Conclusions The Western Isles Stroke Telerehabilitation (Specialist Medical Consultation) Service is feasible and acceptable. Numbers in the project were small but the intervention may have a positive impact on length of hospital stay with associated cost savings. It is a model that could be relevant to other remote stroke services and to other specialty areas.
Source: European Research in Telemedicine - February 8, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Virtual Reality to Assess and Treat Lower Extremity Disorders in Post-stroke Patients.
CONCLUSION: The use of the VRRS software attached to a motion tracking capture system showed their practical utility and safety in enriching physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment in post-stroke gait disorders. PMID: 26660161 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - December 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Luque-Moreno C, Oliva-Pascual-Vaca A, Kiper P, Rodríguez-Blanco C, Agostini M, Turolla A Tags: Methods Inf Med Source Type: research

Analysis of the Factors Related to the Effectiveness of Transcranial Current Stimulation in Upper Limb Motor Function Recovery after Stroke: a Systematic Review
In conclusion, there is not significant evidence due to heterogeneity of clinical data and therapies. Clinical studies with greater number of participants and protocols standardized could outline this assessment in future studies.
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - February 8, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Micro ad-hoc health social networks (uhsn). Design and evaluation of a social-based solution for patient support
We describe the proposed methods for evaluating the uHSN quantitatively and qualitatively, and how the scientific community can replicate and/or integrate this contribution in its research.ResultsThe uHSN overcomes the main limitations of traditional HSNs in the main areas recommended in the literature: privacy, security, transparency, system ecology, Quality of Service (QoS), and technology enhancement. The qualitative and quantitative research demonstrated its viability and replicability in four key points: user acceptance, productivity improvement, QoS enhancement, and fostering of social relations. It also meets the ex...
Source: Journal of Biomedical Informatics - November 30, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Cochrane author ’s work acknowledged in NIHR co-production publication
Cochrane author, and joint Co-ordinating editor, Alex Pollock, of Glasgow Caledonian University has seen her ground-breaking work in co-producing a Cochrane review included in a new UK ’s National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) INVOLVE publication.Alex involved stroke survivors, carers, physiotherapists and educators in an update of a Cochrane systematic review relating to physiotherapy after stroke. Her innovative work was included inCo-production in Action Number Two, as an example of good practice in Co-production, published in November 2019 by INVOLVE. You can hear Alex talk about her work in a webinar recorded ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 3, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Cochrane ' s 30 under 30: Joel Pollet
Cochrane is made up of  13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play their part in improving health and healthcare globally. We believe that by putting trusted evidence at the heart of health decisions we can achieve a world of improved health for all.  Many  of our contributors are young people working with Cochrane as researchers, citizen scientists...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 13, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news

A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Interventions for Therapeutic Purposes in the Elderly.
CONCLUSION:  Telerehabilitation services can be regarded as an alternative to traditional rehabilitation approaches to reduce outpatient resource utilization and improve quality of life. However, more rigorous studies are suggested to investigate the effectiveness of telerehabilitation services for specific diseases or health conditions. PMID: 32629502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - July 5, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Velayati F, Ayatollahi H, Hemmat M Tags: Methods Inf Med Source Type: research