JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies

While half of individuals with Rett syndrome (RTT) are older than 50 years, research shows that they have low levels of physical activity, especially for those of advanced age and poor ambulation. Despite this evidence, recent studies underscore the potential of leisure-time physical activity interventions to improve health outcomes and quality of life for individuals with RTT.

This national study found that remote therapeutic monitoring use increased rapidly between 2022 and 2024 but remained low overall, varied by insurance type and clinician specialty, and was concentrated among patients with musculoskeletal conditions.

Youth with persisting symptoms after concussion (PSaC) can experience ongoing physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges, and their caregivers experience increased stress. There are currently limited interventions that support youth with PSaC or their caregivers. is a virtual group program with 2 parallel interventions: () and (). includes concussion education, active rehabilitation, and goal setting. uses psychoeducation and practical tools to promote family communication and problem solving.

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is undergoing rapid translation from laboratory research to clinical applications, heralding a fundamental restructuring of human-machine relationships, with profound societal implications. Existing bibliometric analyses of this domain have exclusively relied on scholarly article databases, critically overlooking patent data that is essential for capturing the full spectrum of technological innovation in this highly translational field.

Community-based exercise (CBE) can prevent and mitigate disability and improve health outcomes in people aging with HIV; however, engagement in exercise can vary.

Task-oriented rehabilitation supported by exoskeletons has the potential to increase therapy intensity, personalization, and accessibility. However, to achieve fully automatic treatment, robotized systems need to analyze therapy in a more complex way than only based on reference trajectories following.

The implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to proactively monitor the functioning of assistive products remains underexplored, particularly in public assistive technology services.

Digital social media aids are features that enhance accessibility to social media for users with disabilities. One group of adults with disabilities who have reported barriers to social media access is adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Results of previous studies showed that adults with TBI want to engage in social media but encounter significant barriers to doing so, due in large part to TBI-related cognitive and communication challenges. We previously collaborated with adults with TBI to develop 5 aids to increase social media access. Aids were implemented as Chrome extensions that modified user interface functions and visuals on Facebook. The present study was the next step: testing the use of the 5 aids by a novel group of adults with TBI longitudinally and in naturalistic settings.

Improving exercise self-efficacy (ESE) is a key strategy for promoting sustained physical activity among older adults with frailty. The lumbar-type Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL), a wearable device that supports voluntary movement through bioelectric signals, may facilitate mastery experiences in individuals with low baseline self-efficacy via adjustable assistance. However, its effects on ESE remain unclear.

Telerehabilitation expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic and is increasingly used alongside, or as an alternative to, in-person rehabilitation. Goal setting is a core component of client-centered rehabilitation; however, how therapists conduct goal setting remotely remains poorly understood, particularly in East Asian contexts. To our knowledge, no qualitative study has specifically examined remote goal setting in telerehabilitation in Japan, where remote delivery was not yet routine when these data were collected.

Digital transformation in health care, including telemedicine, wearable devices, robotic process automation (RPA), and electronic medical records (EMRs), is reshaping outpatient care delivery. However, consolidated evidence on how these technologies influence patient care quality (PCQ) remains limited.

Gait impairment is a prevalent sequela of stroke. Although observational gait analysis remains a standard clinical practice for assessing neuromotor impairments in people with stroke, it is prone to subjective bias. Consequently, objective assessment is required to inform effective rehabilitation protocols.