Table 1.

Clinical recommendations for the use of telerehabilitation.

What to do	How
Evidence-based is the foundation	• Share evidence-based information with your patient through diverse media, in an understandable language;
	• Encourage active participation in discussions of health-related topics;
	• Support a non-judgmental environment that encourages expressing personal beliefs;
	• Use teaching-back strategies for motivating participation.
Choose the best way of communicating	• Choose simple words to avoid misunderstanding, avoid technical language or use of medical jargon;
	• Give simple commands to avoid information-overload;
	• Use specific body regions and spatial references to guide exercises or meditation (eg, align your spine imagining your head wants to reach the ceiling);
	• Video material and videoconferences are good ways of demonstrating exercises: you can perform them to mirror your patient.
Listen to your patient's preferences	• Look forward to understand:
	your patient's preferred means for receiving care (eg, telephone, videoconference, text-messaging) or suggest trying different modes to understand the patient's preference;
	your patient's expectations and acceptability for telerehabilitation;
	your patient's needs in terms of information content and physical activity/exercise program.
Tackle demotivation	• Use shared experiences to build and strengthen therapeutic alliance.
	• Include weekly challenges;
	• Send reminders such as tailored pre-recorded messages;
	• Provide useful information/strategies that patients can easily put in practice;
	• Align your rehabilitation program to balance necessary activities with the patient's preferred activities (eg, include functional activities that he/she shows interest in).
Ensure patient has access	• Understand your patient's reality: sociodemographic condition, previous experience with technology;
	• Assess your patient's health and digital health literacy levels;
	• Adapt your interventions to encompass the type of medias he/she has access to.