title: Telerehabilitation services using web-based telecommunication.
abstract: A World Wide Wide-based telerehabilitation platform has been demonstrated in a laboratory environment. This platform allows a rehabilitation provider to thoroughly evaluate the progress of a patient remotely with the same care and measurement precision that would be possible if the provider and the patient were in the same room. The platform was designed to be Web-based so that the service could be offered at the same price without regard to long distance telecommunication facility charges. The Web-based implementation allows enough bandwidth for a simultaneous video teleconference and a precision data acquisition mode even when the Web connection is a low cost analog modem computer interface at both ends of the connection.
authors.affiliation: Center for Telecommunications Education and Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-4461, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Grimes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Grimes
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Greenleaf
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rothenburg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000295:instrumentation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation