Telerehabilitation Principles and Practice

• Clearly explains the benefits and utility of telerehabilitation for improving access to care and outcomes for various patient populations. 

• Uses a reader-friendly format based on diagnosis of specific disorders and common problems. 

• Covers telerehabilitation for spinal cord injury, stroke, and cancer rehabilitation. 

• Discusses key topics such as telemedicine for persons with disabilities, telerehabilitation in developing countries, telerehabilitation for integrative health, and mechanisms of telerehabilitation. 

• Explains the nuances of starting a telerehabilitation practice and the associated legislative, revenue, and compliance issues. 

• Features numerous charts, graphs, illustrations, and photographs throughout. 

• Ideal for rehabilitation professionals, physiatrists, and PM&R residents and specialists, as well as physical and occupational therapists. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Telerehabilitation: Principles and Practice

Introduction and How to Use this Book

Alexander and Hefner

History of telerehabilitation and the sub-specialties

Hefner and Alexander

Getting Started: Mechanisms of Telerehabilitation

Jaye Hefner, MD

Telerehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury

Marca Alexander, MD

Telerehabilitation in Stroke

Kate Laver, PhD

Telerehabilitation in Brain Injury

Mary Iaccarino, MD

Cancer Telerehabilitation

Andrea Cheville, MD

Telerehabilitation for Amputee Care

David Crandell, MD

Telerehabilitation in Burns

Jeff Schneider, MD

Multiple Sclerosis and Telerehabilitation

Debbie Backus, PhD

Telerehabilitation in ALS

Sabrina Paganoni, MD

Telerehabilitation for Joint Replacements

TBD

Telemedicine for Medical Problems in Persons with Disabilities

Jaye Hefner, MD

Telerehabilitation for Pressure Sores

Ingebjorg Irgens, MD

Telerehabilitation for Pain Management and Opioid Weaning

Marca Alexander, MD

Telerehabilitation for Sports Injuries

Adam Tenforde, MD

Telerehabilitation for Wellness

Elizabeth Frates, MD

Use of Telemedicine in Neuro-urology

Elise De, MD

Telerehabilitation for Neurogenic Sexual Dysfunction

Marcalee Alexander, MD

Telerehabilitation for Speech Therapy

Kerry Davis, SLP

Pediatric Telerehabilitation

Joshua Alexander, MD

Culinary Telemedicine

Rani Polak, MD

Use of Telerehabilitation in Prehabilitation

Julie Silver, MD

Telerehabilitation in Pandemics and Disasters

Jaye Hefner, MD and Marcalee Alexander, MD

Store and Forward Teletherapy

Nishu Tyagi

Reimbursement and Compliance in Telerehabilitation

Chloe Slocum, MD

Legislative Issues in Telemedicine

Chloe Slocum, MD

Marcalee Alexander, MD is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. A graduate of Jefferson Medical College, she is a Past-President of the American SCI Association. In 2019, to motivate rehabilitation professionals and persons with disabilities to take action regarding climate change, she began a walk from Canada to Key West to educate people about disasters, disability and climate change and the need for an accessible, health-promoting environment. In 2020, she paused the walk due to Covid19. Concomitantly, she founded the 501C3 Sustain Our Abilities, whose mission is to educate people about climate change, disability and health. Dr. Alexander also is founding Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Climate Change and Healthand is organizing Climate and Health 2023, a hybrid international meeting. Her walk, now named the Graham-Green Route Aiding Health Adaptation will resume 2/24/24 and she has created a Healthy Living Space petition as part of this journey.