Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72318, first published .
Effectiveness of Synchronous Telerehabilitation Versus Face-to-Face Physical Therapy in Older Adults Who Are Frail: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effectiveness of Synchronous Telerehabilitation Versus Face-to-Face Physical Therapy in Older Adults Who Are Frail: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effectiveness of Synchronous Telerehabilitation Versus Face-to-Face Physical Therapy in Older Adults Who Are Frail: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Igor Cigarroa   1 , PhD ;   Daniel Reyes-Molina   2 , PhD ;   Felipe Vargas-Rios   1 , MSc ;   Gustavo López-Alarcón   1 , MSc ;   Sergio Jara-Aceituno   1 , MSc ;   Cristobal Riquelme-Hernández   3 , MSc ;   Rafael Zapata-Lamana   2, 4 , PhD ;   María Antonia Parra-Rizo   5, 6 , PhD

1 Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago, Chile

2 Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile

3 Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Victoria, Chile

4 Escuela de Educación, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles, Chile

5 Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, Valencia, Spain

6 Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx, Elche, Spain

Corresponding Author:

  • Igor Cigarroa, PhD
  • Escuela de Kinesiología
  • Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
  • Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez
  • Lo Cañas 3636, La Florida Chile
  • Santiago 8320000
  • Chile
  • Phone: 56 9 56658927
  • Email: icigarroac@ucsh.cl