[Telerehabilitation and neurology].
BACKGROUND
Telemedicine is the application of telemedicine. There is not a new branch of medicine, but a way of exercising through systems that seek to alleviate the physical separation of its protagonists. There are many activities closely related to telemedicine, such as the telecare of socio-distance services, telehealth, which is responsible for increasing the welfare and health of individuals, teleeducation (health) and telesurgery.


METHODS
The neurorehabilitation is a process designed to reduce disability and social disadvantage suffered by a person as a result of a neurological disease, in which the telerehabilitation is positioning as a therapeutic measure. The telerehabilitation refers to the provision of rehabilitation services through electronic systems, based on information and communication technologies.


CONCLUSIONS
The development of these technologies have made telemedicine a reality, enabling extended rehabilitative care beyond the hospitalarian process, in a ecologic environment, where new constraints detect and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, compared with the activities of daily living and quality of life of patients at a sustainable cost, is a challenge today. However, current evidence of telerehabilitation measures in neurological patients is scarce in our country, so is necessary a larger number of studies focusing on the validity, reliability, effectiveness and efficiency of the technique.
Cano de la Cuerda
Roberto
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Departamento de Fisioterapia, Terapia Ocupacional, Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, España. roberto.cano@urjc.es
Muñoz-Hellín
Elena
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Alguacil-Diego
Isabel M
IM
Molina-Rueda
Francisco
F
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009462:Neurology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D013030:Spain; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*