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Traditional rehabilitation was born out of the military’s need to treat injured soldiers after World War II. The number of military personnel incurring disabilities in recent conflicts is larger than that has been seen in the United States in over three decades. Rehabilitation trajectories for the improvement of physical function, cognition, psychosocial adjustment, and integration into society depend on the military’s ability to detect problems and treat service members early after injury. Telerehabilitation is increasingly accepted within the military as a flexible alternative for providing critical access to specialty care for the growing number of service members returning with traumatic injuries.
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Stout, K.A., Girard, P., Martinez, K. (2013). Telerehabilitation in the Military. In: Kumar, S., Cohn, E. (eds) Telerehabilitation. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4198-3_3
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