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ReviewJournal of neuromuscular diseases2026

Telemedicine and remote monitoring in neuromuscular diseases: Challenges and opportunities.

Francesca Torri, Erika Schirinzi, Lorenzo Fontanelli, Giulia Ricci, Michelangelo Mancuso, Mario Bochicchio, Gabriele Siciliano

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Review in Journal of neuromuscular diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Francesca TorriDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Erika SchirinziDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Lorenzo FontanelliHealth Science Interdisciplinary Center, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
Giulia RicciDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Michelangelo MancusoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Mario BochicchioDepartment of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Gabriele SicilianoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTelemedicine, the application of those information technologies to remotely provide health services either for synchronously catching or asynchronous monitoring patient medical data, has shown a growing and widespread application in several chronic diseases, and, especially during and after COVID-19 pandemics, also in neuromuscular diseases.

objectivethis review aims at providing an updated overview on the application of telemedicine and telemonitoring tools in neuromuscular diseases, in clinical practice, research and trials.

methodsa literature search was conducted on PubMed using keywords regarding telemedicine applications and several neuromuscular diseases, including papers up to May 2024.

conclusionsseveral tools have been developed and tested in myopathies, motoneuron diseases, myasthenia gravis and peripheral neuropathies, providing monitoring, assistance, and rehabilitation protocols for such frail population, for which obtaining real life data remotely can represent a concrete advantage in clinical trials and clinical practice. Although several barriers in the implementation of telemedicine in NMD still need to be overcome, there is evidence for both clinicians and patients showing positive acceptance and satisfaction on the use of remote supports, regarding them as confident outcome measures of quality of life in view of a more general concept of e-health solutions in routine medical care.

Indexed as

Neuromuscular DiseasesTelemedicineCOVID-19HumansMonitoring, Physiologicdigital toolsmuscular dystrophyneuromuscular diseasesneuropathiestelemedicinetelemonitoring

Identifiers

PMID40560121
PMCPMC13141847

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