PMID- 34889765
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240405
IS  - 1929-0748 (Print)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Electronic)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 12
DP  - 2021 Dec 9
TI  - Identification and Description of Balance, Mobility, and Gait Assessments 
      Conducted via Telerehabilitation for Individuals With Neurological Conditions: 
      Protocol for a Scoping Review.
PG  - e27186
LID - 10.2196/27186 [doi]
LID - e27186
AB  - BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 global pandemic pushed many rehabilitation practitioners 
      to pivot their in-person practice to adopt telerehabilitation as their main 
      method of delivery. In addition to documenting information on interventions used 
      with clients, it is best practice for therapists to use reliable and validated 
      outcome measures to inform their interventions. OBJECTIVE: Through this scoping 
      review, we aim to identify (1) which outcomes are being used remotely to assess 
      balance, mobility, and gait in patients with neurological conditions, and (2) 
      what psychometric data (validity, reliability, etc.) for remotely administered 
      outcomes are available. METHODS: Three main concepts will be included in our 
      search: (1) neurological conditions; (2) administration by telerehabilitation; 
      and (3) outcome measures for balance, mobility, and gait. Studies reporting 
      remote assessment of neurological conditions published since 1990 will be 
      included. The database search will be completed in MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, 
      PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and Cochrane. Gray literature including dissertations, 
      conference papers, and protocol papers will also be sourced. Two reviewers will 
      independently screen each title and abstract using pre-established inclusion and 
      exclusion criteria. Manuscripts that appear to meet the criteria will be subject 
      to further review, and full-text extraction using a pre-piloted extraction sheet 
      if all criteria are met. The data will be categorized by assessment types 
      describing impairments (such as balance, strength, and mobility) or activity 
      limitations or participation restriction (such as functional mobility, ambulatory 
      functions, and activities of daily living). RESULTS: This scoping review will 
      document outcome measures currently used in the remote assessment of neurological 
      conditions. To date, 235 titles and abstracts were screened. We are in the 
      process of finalizing the full text screening for the inclusion of articles. We 
      expect the full screening to be completed in November 2021 and data analysis in 
      January 2022. Our results are expected to be published in early 2022. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The optimal use of telerehabilitation as a mode to deliver 
      rehabilitation intervention should be coupled with the completion of validated 
      outcome measures. Therefore, it is crucial to further our knowledge on remote 
      outcome measures and therapeutic assessments. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT 
      IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/27186.
CI  - (c)Jennifer O'Neil, Keely Barnes, Erin Morgan Donnelly, Lisa Sheehy, Heidi 
      Sveistrup. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols 
      (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 09.12.2021.
FAU - O'Neil, Jennifer
AU  - O'Neil J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3478-4459
AD  - School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
AD  - Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Barnes, Keely
AU  - Barnes K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7371-3816
AD  - School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
AD  - Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Morgan Donnelly, Erin
AU  - Morgan Donnelly E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3882-5126
AD  - Bayshore Home Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Sheehy, Lisa
AU  - Sheehy L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5844-0952
AD  - Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Sveistrup, Heidi
AU  - Sveistrup H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7335-8121
AD  - School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
AD  - Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211209
PL  - Canada
TA  - JMIR Res Protoc
JT  - JMIR research protocols
JID - 101599504
PMC - PMC8704120
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - neurology
OT  - outcome measures
OT  - rehabilitation
OT  - remote assessment
OT  - telerehabilitation
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2021/12/11 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/11 06:01
PMCR- 2021/12/09
CRDT- 2021/12/10 12:17
PHST- 2021/06/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/09/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/12/10 12:17 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/12/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/11 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/12/09 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v10i12e27186 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/27186 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Dec 9;10(12):e27186. doi: 10.2196/27186.