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NCT Number: NCT04923373

Telerehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty

The aim of this study was to assess the function, pain intensity and walking distance in patients prior to and after total knee arthroplasty, who received therapy either in a clinic under direct supervision of a physical therapist and patients who received telerehabilitation.

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Key information

Conditions

Telerehabilitation Physiotherapy Total Knee Arthoplasty

Age range

50 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Świętej Rodziny

Rudna Mała, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, 36-060, Poland

About this study

The study population consisted of 105 patients who had knee arthroplasty due to knee arthrosis followed by 6- weeks physiotherapy, mean age 68.5 ± 7.3 years. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: I - telerehabilitation group (n=54), and II clinical control group (n=51), who received physiotherapy supervised by physiotherapist. All patients were given the following tests: VAS (0-10), 6-Minute Walk Test, and KSS - Knee Society Score.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • total cemented knee arthroplasty with posterior stability (PS -cruciate sacrificing, posterior stabilized),
  • informed consent to participate in the study,
  • full medical record,
  • patients' regular control visits,
  • knee degenerative disorder stage II and III according to Altman classification,
  • ability to understand and independently perform the complete physiotherapeutic programme

Exclusion criteria

  • partial arthroplasty,
  • deformation aetiology other knee degenerative disorder,
  • cognitive disorders resulting in inability to fill out the study questionnaire, - degenerative disorders of multiple joints,
  • poor general health that prevented the patient from understanding or performing the full physiotherapeutic programme,
  • intraoperative and postoperative complications preventing the patient from understanding or performing the full physiotherapeutic programme,
  • lack of informed consent to participate in the study.

Treatment and study plan

telerehabilitation

Other

Procedure for both groups:

I pre surgery evaluation

  • initial training in hospital
  • physiotherapeutic programme telerehabilitation versus standard 7 times a week

Therapy duration: 6 weeks post-surgery II 6weeks post-surgery evaluation

standard physiotherapy

Procedure

standard physiotherapy

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in 6 - Minute Walk Test

    Time frame: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

    Change in walking distance in 6 minutes ( in meters)

  2. Change in Knee Society Score

    Time frame: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

    Change in disability measured by Knee disability score (min 0 - max 200 points). Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  3. Change in range of knee motion [degrees]

    Time frame: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

    Change in knee flexion

  4. Change of knee pain intensity in Visual Analogue Scale

    Time frame: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

    Change of knee pain intensity (0-10), 0 - no pain, 10 - worst pain

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Rzeszow

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Early Function Recovery in Geriatric Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty by Telerehabilitation

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Jun 11, 2021
Registry last updated
Jun 11, 2021

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