Telerehabilitation for Pain Management

Area of Science:

• Pain Management
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Health Informatics

Background:

• Geographic barriers limit access to pain management care.
• The coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic highlighted the need for remote healthcare solutions.
• Chronic pain disorders often require a whole health, biopsychosocial approach to treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the efficacy of telerehabilitation in pain management.
• To explore the implementation of telerehabilitation for patients with chronic pain.
• To demonstrate that telerehabilitation can achieve the same goals of care as in-person visits.

Main Methods:

• Utilizing communication technology to deliver rehabilitation services.
• Implementing a whole health approach for individualized treatment.
• Adopting a structured approach to virtual patient evaluations and visits.

Main Results:

• Telerehabilitation successfully minimizes geographic barriers in pain management.
• Access to communication technology is crucial for patients with chronic pain.
• The goals of care in telerehabilitation align with in-person patient-provider experiences.

Conclusions:

• Telerehabilitation is a viable and effective method for pain management.
• Successful implementation requires careful planning of evaluations and visits.
• Standard clinical metrics can be applied within a telerehabilitation framework.