PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - H Paul Dijkstra
AU  - Emin Ergen
AU  - Louis Holtzhausen
AU  - Ian Beasley
AU  - Juan Manuel Alonso
AU  - Liesel Geertsema
AU  - Celeste Geertsema
AU  - Sofie Nelis
AU  - Aston Seng Huey Ngai
AU  - Ivan Stankovic
AU  - Stephen Targett
AU  - Thor Einar Andersen
TI  - Remote assessment in sport and exercise medicine (SEM): a narrative review and teleSEM solutions for and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
AID  - 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102650
DP  - 2020 Oct 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 1162--1167
VI  - 54
IP  - 19
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/19/1162.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/19/1162.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2020 Oct 01; 54
AB  - Background The COVID-19 pandemic forces sport and exercise medicine (SEM) physicians to think differently about the clinical care of patients. Many rapidly implement eHealth and telemedicine solutions specific to SEM without guidance on how best to provide these services.Aim The aim of this paper is to present some guiding principles on how to plan for and perform an SEM consultation remotely (teleSEM) based on a narrative review of the literature. A secondary aim is to develop a generic teleSEM injury template.Results eHealth and telemedicine are essential solutions to effective remote patient care, also in SEM. This paper provides guidance for wise planning and delivery of teleSEM. It is crucial for SEM physicians, technology providers and organisations to codesign teleSEM services, ideally involving athletes, coaches and other clinicians involved in the clinical care of athletes, and to gradually implement these services with appropriate support and education.Conclusion teleSEM provides solutions for remote athlete clinical care during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. We define two new terms—eSEM and teleSEM and discuss guiding principles on how to plan for and perform SEM consultations remotely (teleSEM). We provide an example of a generic teleSEM injury assessment guide.