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How virtual rehab is bridging pandemic gaps in patient care and research A physiotherapist leads chair-based exercises for virtual rehabilitation at West Park Healthcare Centre (photo courtesy Temerty Faculty of Medicine)
What if you experienced a stroke and needed physical and cognitive therapy – but hospitals and clinics had suspended these vital rehabilitation services due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Enter Mark Bayley of the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, whose work focuses on brain injury, stroke and multiple sclerosis.
“After COVID-19 hit, people weren’t able to get the usual outpatient rehab to optimize their recovery and health,” says Bayley, an associate professor in the division of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the department of medicine.