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Telerehabilitation: Enabling the Remote Delivery of Healthcare, Rehabilitation, and Self Management a,1 b c David M. BRENNAN , Sue MAWSON and Simon BROWNSELL aNational Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington DC, USA b Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK cSchool of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK Abstract. Telerehabilitation refers to the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to provide rehabilitation services to people remotely in their homes or other environments. By using ICT, client access to care can be improved and the reach of clinicians can extend beyond the physical walls of a traditional healthcare facility, thus expanding continuity of care to persons with disabling conditions. The concept of telecare, when telerehabilitation is used to deliver services to clients in their homes or other living environments, empowers and enables individuals to take control of the management of their medical needs and interventions by enabling personalized care, choice and personal control. A wide variety of assessment and treatment interventions can be delivered to clients using remote monitoring systems, robotic and virtual reality technologies, and synchronized collaboration with online material. This chapter will present a brief history of telerehabilitation and telecare and offer an overview of the technology used to provide remote rehabilitation ser