Skip to main content
Physiatry '25 Main banner
Final Program


Final Program

689 - Polytrauma Patients Telerehabilitation after Injuries of the Elbow Joint

Thursday, February 27, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM MST

    Presenting Author(s)

  • AT

    Andriy Tsvyakh, PhD

    Professor
    Ternopil National Medical University
    Ternopil, Ternopil's'ka Oblast', Ukraine

    • Co-Author(s)

  • AH

    Andriy Hospodarskyy, MD

    As. Professor, General Surgery Department
    Ternopil National Medical University
    Ternopil, Ternopil's'ka Oblast', Ukraine

  • OH

    Oles Hospodarskyy, MBA

    MBA
    Lviv Polytechnic National University
    Ternopil, Ternopil's'ka Oblast', Ukraine

Objectives: The main theme of this paper is to discuss implementation of the telemedicine technology for rehabilitation of patients with injuries of the upper extremities.

Design: A total of 38 polytrauma patients with upper extremity injuries were enrolled in the study after the resolution of the surgical sequelae and monitored during a 3-weeks period.Home remote monitoring for the 16 test subjects included use of a Portable device with Axis-sensor, temperature, volume and pulse sensors, that were fixed to the injured limb. Software permits the monitoring of exercise time, local temperature, the biomechanics of active movements of the injured limb.

Results:

The orthopedic surgeon during telerehabilitation took significantly less time to consult patients (1.9 minutes) than the traditional rehabilitation (15.2 minutes). Patient satisfaction was higher for the telerehabilitation (78.3%) than for the orthopedic surgeon’s traditional rehabilitation (36.7%).

Conclusions: Subjects reported a higher satisfaction with telerehabilitation than with the traditional orthopedic rehabilitation due to the fact that they spent less time at the hospital and had more time for exercises at home under orthopedic remote monitoring. The telerehabilitation system could be used in complex rehabilitation of patients with injuries of the upper extremities.