Telerehabilitation of patients with stroke: Initial program theories for successful implementation.
Mohamed M Hasan, Miriam R Rafferty, Elliot Roth, Sarah Abunaser, Justin D Smith, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Donna Woods
PMID 39921536WHAT IT FOUND
Proposed implementation theories for stroke telerehabilitation are not evidence that the strategies work.
The paper reports no patient outcomes and offers no tested finding.
What this paper is
This is a theory development paper that proposes a conceptual framework and initial program theories for implementing stroke telerehabilitation. It does not test the theories or report patient outcomes, so there is no finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the proposed initial program theories as evidence that telerehabilitation implementation strategies work. They are hypotheses developed from theory review and stakeholder feedback, not tested results.
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