Telehealth could expand access to specialised concussion care; however, physiotherapists report low confidence in assessing physical symptoms remotely. This study adapted measures of vestibular, oculomotor, cervical and autonomic function for telehealth delivery, and evaluated their feasibility and comparability with in-person assessment.
If validation results confirm strong agreement with in-person assessment, audiologists and vestibular physiotherapists could consider telehealth-adapted protocols for initial concussion screening — but full clinical adoption should await peer-reviewed publication of the validation data and sample sizes.
Validating remote vestibular and concussion assessment tools could expand access to specialist care for patients in rural or underserved areas and streamline post-concussion follow-up pathways.
- 01Study adapted established vestibular and physical concussion assessment measures for telehealth delivery.
- 02Validation was conducted against standard in-person physiotherapy evaluation methods.
- 03Published in Brain Impairment, an Australian peer-reviewed rehabilitation journal.
- 04Remote physiotherapy assessment of concussion symptoms is an emerging and clinically relevant field.
- 05Findings could support broader telehealth integration in vestibular and concussion rehabilitation.
Telehealth-based assessment of physical concussion symptoms, including vestibular signs, can be validly adapted for remote physiotherapy evaluation.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42108573
- DOI
- 10.1071/IB25133.
- Journal
- Brain Impairment
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Individuals with physical concussion symptoms undergoing remote physiotherapy evaluation
- Intervention
- Telehealth-adapted vestibular and physical concussion symptom assessment
- Comparator
- In-person physiotherapy assessment
Primary outcomes
Validity of telehealth-based vestibular symptom measures; Agreement between remote and in-person assessment protocols
