The recent advancement in technology showed that rehabilitation technology has a broad range of applications and will be a major part in the future of rehabilitation. In recent years, remarkable breakthroughs have occurred in the field of rehabilitation technology including advances in developing new technologies to enhance rehabilitation. This encompasses not just specialized therapeutic technologies but also the integration of widely available commercial tools used for rehabilitation purposes. The use of these technologies in rehabilitation goes beyond clinic-based therapy to include home-based rehabilitation, tele-rehabilitation, and health promotion and wellness.
Many of these technological developments provide the opportunity for novel treatment paradigms, innovative approaches, and strategies to enhance the field of rehabilitation and ultimately improve patient’s outcomes and quality of life.
Despite the advances and the significant attention in rehabilitation technologies, there are significant gaps in knowledge and lack of solid evidence about their effectiveness in enhancing the rehabilitation of people with disabilities, movement disorders, and health conditions that affect function and mobility.
We invite original research, clinical trials, systematic reviews, case studies, perspectives, and point of view articles for peer review in this Collection on Rehabilitation Technology. We look for submissions to articles that focus on the development, validation, use, application of technology in the field of rehabilitation. Examples include articles in the areas of rehabilitation technologies including virtual reality (VR) and serious games, robotics and exoskeletons, the use of smart devices that incorporate emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, modeling and simulations, digital health, telehealth, and mobile health, wearable sensors and monitors, and interactive media applications.
Unsolicited submissions are welcome.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings abstracts).
We hope this Collection will significantly contribute to the field of rehabilitation and provide a foundation for further research on rehabilitation technology and their impact on patient outcomes.
