Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04308772
Web-Based Physiotherapy Following Knee Arthroscopy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 33 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Glasgow Caledonian University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Web-based physiotherapy might improve care following knee arthroscopy. For this study half of the participants will receive usual care (printed leaflet) and half will receive 6 weeks of web-based physiotherapy.
Detailed description
Despite its minimally invasive nature, studies have shown that patients undergoing arthroscopic meniscectomy have pain, effusion, loss of range of motion, functional, neuromuscular and biomechanical changes, loss of quadriceps muscle strength, and a reduced quality of life (Durand et al.,1993;Goodwin and Morrissey,2003; Glatthorn et al.,2010). With changes in service delivery patients following arthroscopy only receive a printed leaflet. Web-based physiotherapy may offer offer cost effective support to patients. Therefore, the aim of this study is to undertake a single blind, randomised controlled pilot study examining the effectiveness of a six week web-based physiotherapy programme compared to usual care alone, for people following knee arthroscopy and to gather essential information for the planning of a definitive trial.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Web-based Physiotherapy | Participants will receive an exercise programme, based on those patients usually get in the form of an exercise leaflet, delivered via a web-based physio website (www.giraffehealth.com). Participants will be asked to complete their exercise programme as prescribed (at least once each day) and to fill out an online exercise diary which the physiotherapist can see remotely from the clinical site. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-06-25
- Primary completion
- 2018-10-29
- Completion
- 2018-12-31
- First posted
- 2020-03-16
- Last updated
- 2020-03-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04308772. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.