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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2025, vol. 31, issue1
Subject Area: Public Health
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2025311.6091
Published online: 26 March 2025
Review article
J of IMAB. 2025 Jan-Mar;31(1):6091-6094
INFLUENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON POST-STROKE REHABILITATION
Petya Kasnakova1, 2
, Biyanka Tornyova1, 2, Tanya Paskaleva2, Georgi Gelov3,
1)Department of Health Care Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University - Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2)Department of Healthcare, Branch of Haskovo, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
3)General Surgery Department, MHAT "Haskovo "- Haskovo, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
The rapid development of new technologies contributes to the improvement of telemedicine and telerehabilitation. Telepractices in modern rehabilitation have a positive impact on functional, motor, and cognitive recovery.
The aim of the present study is to investigate and analyze the possibilities of new technologies for functional recovery and cognitive functions in rehabilitation after a stroke.
Material and Methods: A systematic search of the PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar databases was performed. The search was conducted from March to August 2024 using the keyword "telerehabilitation", "E-rehabilitation ", "occupational therapy ", and "stroke ".
Results: Stroke recovery is a complex and lengthy process. The functional telerehabilitation system facilitates therapeutic intervention by using interactive virtual environments and biomedical technologies. Applied rehabilitation training programs with new technologies have a positive effect and significantly restore the functional level after a stroke in self-care, motor abilities of the upper limbs (dexterity of movements, grip strength, kinematics), cognitive abilities (attention, memory, visual-spatial abilities), and locomotion.
Conclusion: Modern telerehabilitation is a relatively new approach with unlimited applications. Telepractice facilitates the access of stroke patients to health services and supports the recovery of impaired function to the maximum extent, permanently improving independence and quality of life.
Keywords: telerehabilitation, recovery, occupational therapy, stroke, technologies,
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Please cite this article as: Kasnakova P, Tornyova B, Paskaleva T, Gelov G. Influence of New Technologies on Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. J of IMAB. 2025 Jan-Mar;31(1):6091-6094. [Crossref - 10.5272/jimab.2025311.6091]
Correspondence to: Petya Kasnakova, PhD, Department of Health Care Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University – Plovdiv; 15A, Vasil Aprilov Blvd., Plovdiv, Bulgaria; E-mail: petya.kasnakova@mu-plovdiv.bg
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Received: 05 September 2024
Published online: 26 March 2025