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Oral Presentation

Health Services Research

Telehealth

Telerehabilitation: Opportunities and Barriers to Optimize Health Service Delivery in Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders 1858

Thursday, October 30, 2025
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM  
Location:  ROOM: Private Dining Room #1 >>> DIRECTIONS: Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left past Williford and Astoria. PDR #1 is located to the left in the small corridor.
Musculoskeletal conditions have been found to be a leading cause of global disability (Heikkinen et al., 2019), of which physical therapy telehealth has been used to manage. Telerehabilitation as “a branch of telemedicine and refers to the delivery of rehabilitation services via information and communication services (Saaei and Klappa, 2021),” and many studies have found treatment of musculoskeletal conditions via telehealth to be effective. A systematic review by Cottrell and Russell (2020) reported that telehealth improved pain, physical function, and disability similar to conventional in-person care for people with conditions like osteoarthritis, low back pain, and total knee replacements. The purpose of this study is to identify what physical therapists who practice in the outpatient setting perceive to be barriers and advantages to treating patients with musculoskeletal injuries or disorders via telerehabilitation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participant will be able to recognize the barriers and opportunities in providing telerehabilitation services to patients with musculoskeletal pain.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to create resources and strategies to help improve and optimize the delivery of telerehabiltation services in meeting patient needs.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to identify strategies to promote telerehabiltation as an important part of health service delivery to help meet the needs of patients in rehabilitation medicine.