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Telemedicine-Rehabilitation and Virtual Reality in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Hitesh Lal1, Shwetasri Mohanta1, Jaswant Kumar1
1Sports Injury Centre, Vardhman and Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Introduction:
Tele-rehabilitation is a method of delivering rehabilitation services using information, technology and communication to everyone, irrespective of their geographic location. National zeal for competitive sports and COVID pandemic has led to an increase in its demand and popularity worldwide. The athletes need immediate treatment and correct rehabilitation to keep them in their game. This review aims to bring into perspective the importance of telemedicine and telerehabilitation in orthopaedics and sports medicine with a focus on virtual reality.
Methods:
Articles were searched based on suitable keywords 'telemedicine', 'telerehabilitation' 'orthopedics', 'orthopaedics', 'sports' and 'India*' which were combined using suitable boolean operators in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. Government guidelines and laws were also reviewed in view of telehealth and telemedicine.
Conclusion:
Tele-rehabilitation and virtual physical therapy are innovative and cost-effective ways to provide the best rehabilitative services to the patients at their doorstep. Virtual reality should be incorporated into the Indian telehealth delivering system with a special focus on the remote athlete population.
