Telerehabilitation Following Meniscectomy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Meniscectomy
• Interventions: Other: Telerehabilitation Therapy; Other: In-person Rehabilitation Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04644640
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

Telerehabilitation is a form of tele-treatment in which rehabilitation services are dispensed at patients' home utilizing video telecommunication services with real-time synchronous exchange of information. Since telerehabilitation was found to be equally effective as conventional therapy, it was being practiced even before the COVID times, however it was truly valuable during the lockdown. The advantages of telerehabilitation include reducing unnecessary travel to the hospital and person to person contact while maintaining social distancing. While some of the patients are truly staying at remote areas, others are unable to manage travel in the lockdown period. Telemedicine offers the opportunity to deliver rehabilitative services in the patients' home, closing geographic, physical, and motivational gaps. Punctuality on either side is also assured since the travel times are saved on both the ends.

The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate telerehabilitation vs in-person rehabilitation following Meniscectomy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-11
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-20
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-25
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-30
• Study Completion: 2023-04-01
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Scheduled for meniscectomy
• Age 18-75
• Ability to comply with a standardized postoperative protocol
• Willing and able to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant patient
• Age >75 years, or < 18
• Previous knee surgery
• Unable to speak English or perform informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Telerehabilitation	Telerehabilitation Therapy	-
In-Person Rehabilitation	In-person Rehabilitation Therapy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Score	up to 1 year post-op	The IKDC is a patient-completed tool, which contains sections on knee symptoms (7 items), function (2 items), and sports activities (2 items). Scores range from 0 points (lowest level of function or highest level of symptoms) to 100 points (highest level of function and lowest level of symptoms).
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Score	up to 1 year post-op	VAS is a validated, subjective measure for acute and chronic pain. Scores are recorded by making a handwritten mark on a 10-cm line that represents a continuum between "no pain" and "worst pain." The total score ranges from 0-10. The higher the score, the worse the pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NYU Langone Health; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States