Peppino Tropea|Hannes Schlieter|Irma Sterpi|Elda Judica|Kai Gand|Massimo Caprino|Iñigo Gabilondo|Juan Carlos Gómez?Esteban|?tefan Busnatu|Crina Sinescu|Sofoklis Kyriazakos|Sadia Anwar|Massimo Corbo
Rehabilitation, the Great Absentee of Virtual Coaching in Medical Care: Scoping Review
TU Dresden|TU Dresden|BioCruces Health research Institute|Ikerbasque|BioCruces Health research Institute|Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy|Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy|Aarhus University|Aarhus University
last years several studies focused describing understanding virtual coaches ie coaching program smart device aiming provide coaching support variety application contexts could key drivers health promotion home care settings enormous technological progress field artificial intelligence data processing past decade use virtual coaches gains augmented attention considerations medical innovationsthis scoping review aimed providing overview applications virtual coach clinical field particular review focused papers provide tangible information coaching activities active implication engaging guiding patients ongoing plan carewe aimed investigate use term virtual coach clinical field performing methodical review relevant literature indexed pubmed scopus embase databases find virtual coach papers focused specific activities dealing clinical medical contexts excluding aimed surgical settings electronic learning purposesafter careful revision inclusion exclusion criteria 46 records selected fulltext review identified articles directly indirectly addressed topic physical activity papers focused use virtual coaching vc manage overweight nutritional issues papers dealt technological interfaces facilitate interactions patients suffering different chronic clinical conditions heart failure chronic obstructive pulmonary disease depression chronic painalthough physical activity healthy practice encouraged virtual coach system current scenario rehabilitation great absentee paper gives overview tangible applications tool medical field may inspire new ideas future research vc