Editors' Note

Authors

  • Ellen R. Cohn University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Jana Cason Spalding University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2015.6188

Abstract

The Fall 2015 issue of the International Journal of Telerehabilitation (IJT) presents the original work of three distinguished and innovative interdisciplinary teams.  Interdisciplinarity is also a hallmark of the IJT editorial staff, reviewers, and publishing team.

The first article is a product of engineers with expertise in computing science (LoPresti and Simpson) and a medical speech-language pathologist (Jinks) who practices in the area of assistive technology. These authors reported upon the degree to which consumers are satisfied with the provision of telerehabilitation services for augmentative and alternative communication or alternative computer accessibility.

A second article, by Proffitt, (occupational therapist) and Lange, (a physiotherapist with expertise in the use of interactive video games and virtual reality technologies) demonstrated the feasibility of employing a 6-week, game-based, in-home telerehabilitation exercise program using the Microsoft Kinect® for individuals with chronic stroke.

Finally, the third article co-authored by Watzlaf (health information management, with degrees in public health and epidemiology), DeAlmeida (health information systems, with a degree in cell and molecular biology), Zhou (with degrees in computer science and physics, and expertise in mathematical modeling on health related topics, information integration, and comparative genomics), and Hartman (a reference librarian with a degree in chemistry, who collaborates with faculty in the health sciences and serves as a liaison to a school of health and rehabilitation sciences) describes a protocol to conduct systematic reviews of research in telerehabilitation, with the aim that IJT readers can ultimately apply this protocol to identify best practices in telerehabilitation.

  

Published

2015-11-20

How to Cite

Cohn, E. R., & Cason, J. (2015). Editors’ Note. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 7(2), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2015.6188

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