Applied Sciences (Apr 2023)

Role of Technology Innovation in Telemedicine: Focus on Sport Nutrition

  • Paride Vasco,
  • Fiorenzo Moscatelli,
  • Maria Ester La Torre,
  • Anna Valenzano,
  • Vincenzo Monda,
  • Giuseppe Cibelli,
  • Maria Ida de Stefano,
  • Gabriella Marsala,
  • Carmine Dalia,
  • Paola Bassi,
  • Chiara Porro,
  • Giusi Toto,
  • Pierpaolo Limone,
  • Giovanni Messina,
  • Rita Polito

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/app13084837
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 8
p. 4837

Abstract

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant transformation in the field of telehealth and telemedicine, as systems have been improved to meet the increased demand for remote healthcare services. Many ordinary technologies have been equipped to facilitate the normal relationship between patients and specialists. These technologies were put into action in a short period of time, creating a gap between the limits of common technologies and the special needs of telemedicine patients. Furthermore, focusing the lens on the special needs of sports in terms of nutrition, we see that research demonstrates the possibility of improving athletic performance by introducing technological diet support. This review aims to provide an overview of the technologies successfully implemented in telemedicine systems, a look at new modeling approaches, and a study on the roles of new enabling technologies in the process. It aims to highlight the results of the employment of telemedicine in sports dietary support and present open research challenges and recommendations for future research on a new application of technologies in telemedicine, for both the industrial and academic sectors. Literature was identified through intensive research work, reviewing articles related to the topics of new technologies in telemedicine and sports dietary support systems. The review concludes that it is possible to envisage the design of future models in the eHealth sector related to nutrition and sports, confirming the important role of telemedicine in a healthy lifestyle.

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