Efectividad de la fisioterapia aplicada a través de la telerehabilitación a los pacientes del laboratorio de terapia física de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato durante el estado de excepción dispuesto en el Ecuador por la emergencia sanitaria del sars- cov2 (covid 19)

Abstract

The present research aimed to determine the effectiveness of the physiotherapeutic interventions applied through telerehabilitation to the patients of the Physical Therapy laboratory of the Technical University of Ambato, who had to accept this treatment modality due to the measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of SARS CoV-2 (COVID 19); For which, a total of 38 clinical records stored in the laboratory's database were analyzed, under a non-experimental and retrospective methodology with a qualitative-quantitative approach, taking into account the results of the first evaluations and reevaluations carried out on the patients. patients during their treatment. The results of the pain assessment with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the SF- 12 Health Questionnaire, allowed determining the effectiveness of telerehabilitation, finding significant statistical data that show that the application of physical therapy sessions through Virtual platforms help to reduce pain and symptomatology of patients, thus positively influencing the improvement of their quality of life and their reintegration to their activities of daily life.