The study was designed to assess the efficacy of a home-based rehabilitation program using a digital kinematic biofeedback system after total hip or knee replacement. This is a single-arm prospective study. Patients will be enrolled pre-operatively and will perform an 8-week rehabilitation program starting between day 7 and 10 after surgery. This program will consist of rehabilitation sessions performed independently by the patient at under remote monitoring from a physical therapist. Outcomes will be measured at baseline, 4 weeks into the rehabilitation program and at the end of the program. The primary outcome is the change in patient performance measure through the Timed-up-and-Go (TUG) test in comparison with the pre-operative score. Secondary outcomes will be measured in terms of: a) patient reported outcomes (Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score) and b) range of motion of the relevant joint (hip or knee).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
88
The system will be used independently by the patients to perform rehabilitation sessions at home, under remote monitoring from the clinical team. A tailored rehabilitation program will be prescribed by the therapist and edited according to patient evolution.
Hospital da Prelada
Porto, Portugal
Change in the Timed up and Go Test score
The timed up and go requires a patient to rise from a chair walk three meters around a piece of tape and return to the chair again as quickly as possible.
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks into the rehabilitation program and at the end of the program (week 8)
Change in the Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Score/Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
The HOOS/KOOS are standardized and validated patient outcome scores that assess functional limitation in patient with hip/knee osteoarthritis
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks into the rehabilitation program and at the end of the program (week 8)
Change in Hip/Knee Range of Motion
This will be measured (in degrees) automatically by the device
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks into the rehabilitation program and at the end of the program (week 8)
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