Table 2 Overview of the functions and services of telerehabilitation presented in the studies

Evaluation of exercises and musculoskeletal function of the patient by the therapist synchronously and asynchronously (Retrieval of the patient's recorded treatment exercises by the therapist)

[13, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24, 26, 31, 32, 35,36,37, 39, 40]

19

Recording of patients' rehabilitation exercises and sending them to the therapist

[13,14,15,16, 18, 19, 22, 24,25,26, 30,31,32,33, 39, 40]

16

Prescribing new rehabilitation exercises by the therapist

[14, 15, 18,19,20,21,22, 24, 26, 29, 31,32,33, 36, 39, 40]

16

Real-time face-to-face communication between patients and therapists

[13, 15, 17, 23, 27,28,29,30, 32, 37, 40]

11

Providing the educational information to patients in text, video and audio formats to do rehabilitation exercises

[3, 14, 21, 25, 32, 34, 38]

7

Providing the progress charts to the patient and therapist

[14, 18,19,20, 40]

5

Providing the motivational text and voice messages (such as encouragement or applause) to encourage the patient to perform rehabilitation exercises

[14, 31, 33, 34, 38]

5

Set rehabilitation games and exercises by the therapist based on the patient's ability and performance

[34,35,36]

3

Ability to select rehabilitation exercises or games by the patient based on the level of disability or injury

[31, 36, 39]

3

Determine range of motion, speed, duration, number of repetitions, scoring and feedback for each rehabilitation exercise

[25, 31]

2

Patient access to history of rehabilitation exercises

[32]

1

Automatic alert to patients to perform compensatory movements

[38]

1

Show the number of correct movements to the patient

[38]

1

3D display of images of the UL

[31]

1

Recording and reporting of rehabilitation exercises performed by the patient

[40]

1