Establishment of emerging practices and research priorities for telerehabilitation in solid organ transplantation: meeting report and narrative literature review.
Dmitry Rozenberg, Sherrie Logan, Sahar Sohrabipour and 22 others
PMID 40226125WHAT IT FOUND
Transplant telerehabilitation priorities were hybrid delivery, in-person start, home safety checks, caregiver support, mental health, and accessible tools, while device access, monitoring, timing, and cost remain unresolved.
Key findings
01Participants discussed a hybrid model: initial in-person assessment, then remote training with synchronous monitoring, emergency plans, home safety checks, and technical support.
02Patient partners generally valued telerehabilitation for home exercise, activity trackers, and saving travel, but barriers included learning exercises remotely, limited personalization, poor internet or device access, and absent safety protocols.
03Research priorities were safety monitoring, mental health integration, accessible technology, delivery and timing decisions, pediatric individualization, and cost-effectiveness.
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What it does not show
This is a meeting report and narrative review, not a trial or systematic review, so it cannot establish whether telerehabilitation improves transplant outcomes. The narrative review did not critically analyze included articles, so study validity and effect estimates cannot be judged. Participants were affiliated with a Canadian network, so priorities may not apply to other jurisdictions or healthcare settings. The meeting did not discuss cost-effectiveness or implementation in low and middle income countries. The article does not report how many studies were included in the narrative review.
Declared interests
The work was funded by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Planning and Dissemination Grant [PCS 183364]. An author also reports research support from a named professorship and faculty.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that telerehabilitation is effective or safe for solid organ transplant patients. It reports expert priorities and a narrative review, not measured outcomes from a trial or systematic review.