Ingebjørg Irgens|Tiina Rekand|Mohit Arora|N Liu|Ruth Marshall|Fin Biering?Sørensen|Marcalee Alexander
Telehealth for people with spinal cord injury: a narrative review
Sunnaas sykehus|University of Oslo|Haukeland University Hospital|Northern Sydney Local Health District|Peking University|Peking University Third Hospital|University of Copenhagen|Rigshospitalet|Birmingham VA Medical Center
narrative reviewto find discuss published use telehealth people spinal cord injury telesciinternationalcochrane library ovid medline embase cinahl 1996 till june 2017 searched searches psycinfo 1996 till september 2017 included afterwards extracted data include studies english language containing information spinal cord injury disorders telehealth literature reviews systematic reviews studies containing types neurological disorders excluded studies grouped based telehealth offeredtwenty nine studies included review categorized according way telesci provided modality used studies utilized one modality telesci seems favorable concerning treatment followup well favorable socioeconomically environmentally studies spanned across several aims outcomes also heterogeneity number participants differences modalities level evidence thus challenging compare studies make future recommendationstelesci used examination guiding purposes research warranted evaluate optimal utilization methodology efficacythe first author received funding norwegian extra foundation