Telehealth for musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
Michelle A Cottrell, Trevor G Russell
PMID 32560876WHAT IT FOUND
This masterclass provides a structured approach for implementing telehealth in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, covering technology selection, patient triage, and clinical environment preparation, but reports no new research findings.
What this paper is
This is a masterclass article describing how to implement telehealth services for musculoskeletal conditions. It reviews existing literature and offers practical advice on technology selection, patient triage, and clinical environment setup, but it reports no new patient data or study outcomes. Therefore, there are no specific findings from this paper to act on clinically.
Declared interests
The authors declared no competing interests, and the research received no specific grant from funding agencies.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat this article as evidence that telehealth is effective for your specific patient population. It summarizes previous reviews and offers implementation advice, but it does not present original data proving that telehealth outcomes match in-person care for any particular condition.