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Alzheimer’s Caregiver Psychoeducation-Based Psychological Support Telerehabilitation (EN)
by Dogan, I.A., & Sayar, F.G.
January 09, 2025
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Describes the development of a telerehabilitation program that integrates cognitive and physical exercises for individuals with mild cognitive impairment. The program supports remote delivery of dual-task training to promote cognitive health, physical function, and accessibility for older adults.
Brain-IT (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Smartphone App
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for older adults with mild neurocognitive disorder and clinicians
BASIC DESCRIPTION: The Brain-IT app combines exergame-based motor-cognitive training with heart-rate variability biofeedback breathing to support cognitive functioning. It is designed for home-based use and offers guided physical and cognitive exercises to promote neuroplasticity in mild neurocognitive disorder.
CliniQuill (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Software
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for healthcare professionals
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Cliniquill is an artificial intelligence–based clinical documentation platform that assists healthcare professionals with medical transcription, note generation, and documentation workflows. The platform uses automated speech recognition and AI-supported processing to support clinical record keeping and administrative efficiency.
COGTEL: The Cognitive Telephone Screening Instrument (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Test Battery.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides a detailed assessment of performance in six cognitive domains (prospective, short-term, long-term, and working memory, verbal fluency, and inductive reasoning) using tests adopted from well-established neuropsychological instruments such as the Wechsler scales.
Creyos Health (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Web-based neurocognitive battery.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians and researchers.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides 12 cognitive tests that assess a broad range of cognitive abilities in three cognitive domains: reasoning skills, short-term memory, and verbal processing.
DeepTherapy Platform (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Online platform
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: DeepTherapy is an online platform that uses AI-generated video avatars to support therapeutic conversations. The system allows clinicians to create a realistic speaking avatar from a single photo and use it during guided therapeutic sessions, offering a controlled tool for trauma processing, grief work, or exposure-based interventions in remote or in-person care.
DIGICOG-MS (EN)
by AISM Foundation
TYPE OF TOOL: Mobile app.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians and clients (in Italy).
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides a digital self-assessment system of cognitive functioning most affected by MS, such as information processing speed, verbal and visuospatial memory, and language.
Elevate - Brain Training Games (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Smartphone App
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for individuals seeking to improve cognitive skills
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Elevate is a mobile application that provides personalized cognitive training exercises targeting skills such as memory, attention, and language through structured, gamified activities. The app delivers adaptive training programs to support ongoing cognitive engagement and skill development.
Family caregivers' satisfaction with telerehabilitation and follow-up intervention for older people with dementia: Randomized clinical trial (EN)
by Gerassi, R.C., de Andrade, L.P. et al.
November 01, 2023
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Explores the effectiveness of a virtual reality–based telerehabilitation program for individuals with Parkinson’s disease. The intervention integrates VR exercises with remote monitoring to improve motor performance, balance, and functional outcomes in home-based rehabilitation.
FSTAC: Functional Standardized Touchscreen Assessment of Cognition (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Web-based neurocognitive battery.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians and researchers.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides a self-administered cognitive screen to assess functional task ability and the associated cognitive domains.
Human Activity Profile (HAP) (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Assessment
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for individuals with varying levels of physical function
BASIC DESCRIPTION: The Human Activity Profile is a standardized self-report assessment that measures an individual’s functional ability and activity level based on the performance of daily activities of varying intensity. It provides a structured index of activity participation to support evaluation of functional capacity in clinical and rehabilitation settings.
Improvement in quality of life and cognitive function in Post Covid Syndrome after online occupational therapy: results from a randomized controlled pilot study (EN)
by Schroder, D., Stolting, A., et al.
May 10, 2024
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Reports on the development and testing of a telerehabilitation platform for post-stroke patients. The system combines remote exercise programs, progress monitoring, and clinician feedback, demonstrating how digital rehabilitation can support recovery at home.
Improving Functional Communication Outcomes in Post-Stroke Aphasia via Telepractice: An Alternative Service Delivery Model for Underserved Populations (EN)
by Carr, P., Moser, D., et al.
December 13, 2022
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: All participants demonstrated improvements in CCRSA scores, total words produced correctly on trained CST stimuli, and total words produced correctly on trained ORLA stimuli. No differences were noted in CADL-3 scores. All participants were highly satisfied with telepractice as a service delivery model.
MND-Prism App (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Smartphone App
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for patients, clinicians, and researchers
BASIC DESCRIPTION: MND-PRISM is a mobile app designed to help individuals living with motor neurone disease (MND) and their caregivers manage the complex logistics of care. The app allows users to track symptoms through a “SHOWMe Diary,” record appointments, medications, equipment details, and care team contacts, and generate reports to support communication and self-management.
OmaScan (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Software
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for healthcare professionals
BASIC DESCRIPTION: OMA Scan is a digital assessment platform that uses smartphone-based scanning technology to capture body measurements and posture-related data for clinical evaluation and monitoring. The platform supports remote assessment and documentation within rehabilitation and healthcare settings.
Perspectives of Rehabilitation Professionals on Implementing a Validated Home Telerehabilitation Intervention for Older Adults in Geriatric Rehabilitation: Multisite Focus Group Study (EN)
by Pol, M., Qadeer, A., et. al.
July 18, 2023
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Describes the design and evaluation of a digital rehabilitation program for individuals with multiple sclerosis. The program delivers remote physical activity sessions, self-management strategies, and monitoring tools to support long-term function and quality of life.
Proloquo2Go (EN)
by Assistive Ware
TYPE OF TOOL: Smartphone App
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for patients, clinicians, and researchers
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Proloquo2Go is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for iOS devices that enables nonspeaking children and adults to communicate using symbol-based vocabulary, customizable layouts, and synthesized voices. It is used to support communication and language development in clinical and rehabilitation contexts.
Remote Cognitive and behavioral assessment: Report of the Alzheimer Society of Canada Task Force on Dementia care best practices for COVID-19. (EN)
by Geddes, M.R, O'Connell, M., et al.
September 22, 2020
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provide a multi?dimensional framework for remotely assessing cognitive, functional, behavioral, and physical aspects of people with cognitive impairment, along with ethical and technical considerations.
Sensory processing measure, remote version (SPM-2) (EN)
by Mind Resources (Canadian)
TYPE OF TOOL: Assessment Tool.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians and researchers.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides an updated and expanded version of the Sensory Processing Measure. The SPM-2 may be administered using printed forms or electronically through the WPS online Evaluation System.
Smartphone-based Monitoring and cognition Modification Against Recurrence of Depression (SMARD) (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: App
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: SMARD (Smartphone-based Monitoring and cognition Modification Against Recurrence of Depression) is a smartphone app designed to deliver and monitor cognitive training tasks and passive behavioural monitoring aimed at modifying cognitive biases and identifying early behavioural signs of depressive recurrence.
SmartRehab Platform (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Platform
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators
BASIC DESCRIPTION: SmartRehab is a digital telerehabilitation platform designed to deliver, monitor, and adjust rehabilitation exercises remotely using connected technologies to support home-based rehabilitation.
STAPP@Work (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Smartphone App
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians, researchers, and patients/working professionals
BASIC DESCRIPTION: STAPP@Work is a mobile app for stress management and burnout prevention. It includes coping strategies, self-monitoring features, and personalized advice to support mental well-being in work contexts.
START—the Swiss tele-assisted rehabilitation and training program (EN)
by Gaumann, S., Ziller, C., et. al.
January 30, 2025
TYPE OF TOOL: Online Platform
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians, researchers, and stroke survivors
BASIC DESCRIPTION: START (Swiss Tele-Assisted Rehabilitation and Training) is a digital telerehabilitation platform designed to support the transition from inpatient to outpatient rehabilitation for individuals recovering from stroke. It provides remote exercise training, performance monitoring, and therapist-assisted sessions to promote continuity of care and safe recovery at home.
Telehealth Fine Motor Assessment - Functional Skills (EN)
by Your Therapy Source
TYPE OF TOOL: Assessment Tool.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians and researchers.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides a template to guide through the completion of a preschool/school-age functional fine motor observational assessment remotely.
Telerehab at Home: Mobile Tablet Technology for Patients With Poststroke Communication Deficits—A Pilot Feasibility Randomized Control Trial (EN)
by Mallet, K. H., Shamloul, R.M. et al.
January 12, 2023
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: SLT using telerehabilitation via mobile technology is feasible in the very early stages of acute stroke recovery. It is potentially an effective means of bridging the gap between discharge from the acute care setting to the start of outpatient SLT services.
Telerehabilitation as a Therapeutic Exercise Tool versus Face-to-Face Physiotherapy: A Systematic Review (EN)
by Muñoz-Tomás, M.T., Burillo-Lafuente, M. et al.
February 28, 2023
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Most of the studies concluded that physiotherapy interventions using telerehabilitation were at least as effective as traditional rehabilitation interventions and are considered feasible and effective options. In general, telerehabilitation interventions were shown to improve functional level and quality of life, as no significant differences with control groups were observed. This review provides information on patients’ high levels of satisfaction and adherence, with values equivalent to traditional rehabilitation in all cases.
Telerehabilitation service impact on physical function and adherence compared to face-to-face rehabilitation in patients with stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (EN)
by Munoz-Tomas, T., Burillo-Lafuente, M. et al.
May 04, 2023
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Most of the studies concluded that physiotherapy interventions using telerehabilitation were at least as effective as traditional rehabilitation interventions and are considered feasible and effective options. In general, telerehabilitation interventions were shown to improve functional level and quality of life, as no significant differences with control groups were observed. This review provides information on patients’ high levels of satisfaction and adherence, with values equivalent to traditional rehabilitation in all cases.
The Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (EN)
TYPE OF TOOL: Assessment.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed for clinicians.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: Provides a telephone assessment multiple dimensions central for effective functioning across adulthood: episodic memory, working memory, reasoning, verbal fluency, and executive functions.
The Telehealth Ten: A Guide for a Patient-Assisted Virtual Physical Examination (EN)
by Benziger, C.P., Huffman, M.D., et al.
July 18, 2020
TYPE OF TOOL: Research Article.
TARGET POPULATION: Developed to inform clinicians, researchers, and educators.
BASIC DESCRIPTION: The authors propose the “Telehealth Ten,” which is a patient-assisted clinical examination to help guide clinicians.
