The field of telerehabilitation has rapidly evolved, demonstrating its effectiveness, feasibility, and safety across various medical conditions. As outlined in the editorial, “The Importance of Telerehabilitation and Future Directions for the Field,” Dr Sarah Munce, editor-in-chief of JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, highlights key research priorities, including implementation challenges, health equity concerns, and emerging innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI)–driven personalized rehabilitation.
JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies is inviting submissions to a new theme issue titled “Advancing Telerehabilitation Research and Innovation” to expand on these critical areas. The journal is indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science, Sherpa Romeo, and EBSCO and EBSCO Essentials.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Effectiveness and safety: comparative studies on telerehabilitation versus in-person care, including adverse event reporting
- Implementation considerations: post-pandemic sustainability, organizational support, and clinician perspectives, including barriers and facilitators to implementing telerehabilitation
- Health equity and accessibility: addressing digital literacy gaps, resource limitations, and improving access for equity-seeking populations
- Innovative technologies: integration of AI, machine learning, wearable devices, and interprofessional collaboration in telerehabilitation
- Pediatric telerehabilitation: addressing the lack of research on telehealth interventions for children with disabilities
Submissions may encompass a range of research methodologies, such as qualitative studies, process evaluations, mixed methods designs, and scoping and systematic reviews.
We welcome submissions that explore innovative, inclusive, and evidence-informed approaches to telerehabilitation. By contributing to this growing body of knowledge, you will help shape the future of rehabilitation care—ensuring it is accessible, person-centered, and resilient in the face of evolving health care needs.
How to Submit
To submit an article to JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, please visit the submission page. Consult our Instructions for Authors for more information on how to submit a manuscript.
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2025
Submission Guidelines
We will not accept articles that are solely written by generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other AI tools. For more information, please refer to the JMIR Publications editorial policy and this knowledge base article.
All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process, and accepted articles will be published as part of the theme issue, providing authors with increased visibility within the field of rehabilitation research.
All articles will be shared and published rapidly through the following mechanisms:
- All peer-reviewed articles will be immediately and permanently made open access. This is the standard for all titles within the JMIR Publications portfolio.
- Articles can be made immediately available in JMIR Preprints (with a DOI) after submission if authors select the preprint option at submission to enable this service.
Submissions not reviewed or accepted for publication in JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies may be offered cascading peer review or transfer to other JMIR Publications journals, according to standard JMIR Publications policies. Authors are encouraged to submit study protocols or grant proposals to JMIR Research Protocols before data acquisition to preregister the study as a registered report.