NCT04923373

Telerehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rzeszow · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Telerehabilitation
• Total Knee Arthoplasty
• Physiotherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	telerehabilitation	Procedure for both groups: I pre surgery evaluation 1. initial training in hospital 2. physiotherapeutic programme telerehabilitation versus standard 7 times a week Therapy duration: 6 weeks post-surgery II 6weeks post-surgery evaluation
PROCEDURE	standard physiotherapy	standard physiotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-15
• Completion: 2011-12-15
• First posted: 2021-06-11
• Last updated: 2021-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland