NCT05699031

Shoulder Prosthesis Telerehab Care Trial

The PROTECT-study: Home-based Telerehabilitation in the Post-operative Care After Shoulder Arthroplasty Compared to Usual Care: a Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the rehabilitation by use of a smartphone-app with the usual care of physical therapy in patients, 60 years and older, who underwent a primary shoulder arthroplasty. The main questions it aims to answer are: * is the outcome of rehabilitation with the app as good as the usual care? * is the outcome for both types of shoulder arthroplasty similar? * what is the usability of the app?. Participants will * have treatment according to the group they are allocated to * fill in questionnaires at specific moments during the rehabilitation stage (0 - 3 months ) and at 1 year post-surgery

Conditions

• SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY
• REHABILITATION
• TELEREHABILITATION

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	APP	Patients allocated in the app-group will use the newly developed smartphone app te rehabilitate. 5 exercises are provided daily. Daily questionnaires will monitor exercise performance, VAS pain, household activities. Information modules will be sent at specific times.
OTHER	PHYSICAL THERAPY	Patients allocated in the physio-group will go, twice a week, to a physical therapist of their choice to rehabilitate. The physical therapist will follow the general guidelines provided by the hospital (surgeon).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-01
• Primary completion: 2026-09-30
• Completion: 2026-09-30
• First posted: 2023-01-26
• Last updated: 2024-04-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium