Unsupervised Home Exercise With and Without a Web-based Recovery Platform as Compared to Traditional Outpatient Physiotherapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics1 site in 1 countryMarch 2016

ConditionsOsteoarthritis

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Osteoarthritis
Sponsor: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Knee Range of Motion
Last Updated: 9 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if unsupervised, home rehabilitation delivered by a web-based platform or paper manual is a safe and effective alternative to outpatient physical therapy after total knee replacement.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2016

End Date

March 2017

Last Updated

9 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Any patient undergoing unilateral, primary TKA

Exclusion Criteria

•Patients without access to the Internet
•Patients without access to outpatient PT
•Revision or conversion TKA
•Patients discharged to a rehabilitation unit or other form of respite care such as a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation center, convalescent home, long-term care facility or nursing home.