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. 2019 Mar 20;9(3):e027416. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027416

Table 1.

Study selection criteria

Inclusion Exclusion
Population Chronic health condition
Adult, 18 years and older.
Healthy participants (including those with a body mass index less than 30).
Intervention Supervised exercise delivered via telehealth where:
  • The majority of supervised exercise is delivered via telehealth and this supervision involves observation in real-time (visual, or via other continuous physiologic monitoring).

  • The exercise sessions provide opportunity for participant and health professional feedback to ensure exercises are carried out correctly and safely.

  • Exercise that impacts or is intended to impact cardiovascular disease risk or involves lower limb weight bearing.

Exercise delivered to participants located onsite at a healthcare facility.
Exercise occurring with a health professional present at the participant’s site (eg, expert remotely supervising novice health professional on telehealth).
Exercise not supervised by a health professional.
Comparison Any. Nil exclusion criteria.
Outcome All. Nil exclusion criteria.
Publication Type Published primary research studies, including both qualitative and quantitative research.
Primary research protocols which have been published.
Abstracts of unpublished studies for which authors can be contacted and provide sufficient information to enable accurate analysis.
Text.
Opinion papers.
Letters.
Literature reviews.
Systematic reviews.
Meta-analyses.
Not published in English.