S3, 10 - Research Roundup: Telehealth and Virtual Reality Could Make Treatments More Accessible and Engaging

Telehealth and virtual reality (VR) approaches have the potential to transform healthcare for people with disabilities who often face barriers in receiving the care they need. In our latest Research Roundup episode, we highlight three recent papers that examine these two approaches. One study focused on the development and evaluation of a new exercise program for children with cerebral palsy (CP) that was delivered remotely via telehealth. We also discussed two review articles that summarize what we’ve learned from the research studies done to date on how VR therapies affect balance and movement in children with CP. 

Host Dr. Marie McNeely briefly describes each of these papers, and CPARF’s Vice President of Education, Jocelyn Cohen, sheds light on why these studies matter for people with CP. The papers discussed in this episode weren’t funded by CPARF, but they represent other interesting, innovative work being done in the CP research space. 

Links to the abstracts of the studies featured in this episode:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38441939/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38375076/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38350039/