People with stroke had a strong drive to integrate ICT in order to manage and bring meaning to their everyday lives, although sometimes they needed support and adaptations. It is not only possible but also necessary to start using ICT in rehabilitation in order to support people's recovery and promote participation in everyday life after stroke. Implications for rehabilitation People with stroke have a strong drive for using information and communication technology in their everyday lives, although support and adaptations are needed. The recovery process of people with stroke could benefit from the use of ICT in the rehabilitation and ICT could possibly contribute to independence and promote participation in everyday life. Knowledge from this study can be used in the development of an ICT-based stroke rehabilitation model.

The aim of this study was to explore the current and potential use of information and communication technology (ICT) to enhance coherent person-centred rehabilitation after stroke, from the perspectives of physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

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Aim: The aim of this study was to describe, and review evidence of mobile and web-based applications being used to support the rehabilitation process after stroke. The secondary aim was to describe participants’ stroke severity, and use of applications in relation to, respectively, the setting and phase of the rehabilitation process. Method: A scoping review methodology was used to identify studies, through databases as PubMed, Cinahl, Embase and AMED. Additionally, grey literature was searched. The studies were categorized using the model of rehabilitation by Derick Wade. Results: The literature search resulted in 10,142 records. Thirty-six studies were included in which applications were used to support: assessment (n=13); training (n=20); discharge from hospital (n=2); and both training and discharge from hospital (n=1). Of the 36 studies, 25 studies included participants with mild to moderate stroke, and four studies included participants with severe stroke. In seven studies the stroke severity was not reported. Eighteen studies included participants with chronic stroke, 12 acute-subacute stroke, and three included participants with acute and/or subacute and/or chronic stroke. In three studies, stroke onset was not reported. Applications were used in a rehabilitation setting (n=16), home setting (n=13), both settings (n=3). In four studies the setting were not reported. Conclusion: Most included studies of applications developed to support the rehabilitation process after stroke have been explorative. They included primarily participants with mild or moderate stroke and focused on a limited aspect of the rehabilitation process, e.g., assessment or training. Future applications to support stroke rehabilitation should accommodate stroke survivors’ and caregivers’ need for solutions, irrespective of stroke severity and throughout the entire rehabilitation process.