CompletedNot Applicable

Telerehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Poland105 participantsStarted 2010-03-01

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range50 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * total cemented knee arthroplasty with posterior stability (PS -cruciate sacrificing, posterior stabilized), * informed consent to participate in the study, * full medical record, * patients' regular control visits, * knee degenerative disorder stage II and III according to Altman classification, * ability to understand and independently perform the complete physiotherapeutic programme Exclusion Criteria: * partial arthroplasty, * deformation aetiology other knee degenerative disorder, * cognitive disorders resulting in inability to fill out the study questionnaire, - degenerative disorders of multiple joints, * poor general health that prevented the patient from understanding or performing the full physiotherapeutic programme, * intraoperative and postoperative complications preventing the patient from understanding or performing the full physiotherapeutic programme, * lack of informed consent to participate in the study.

What they're measuring

Change in 6 - Minute Walk Test

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Change in Knee Society Score

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Change in range of knee motion [degrees]

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Change of knee pain intensity in Visual Analogue Scale

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04923373

SponsorUniversity of Rzeszow

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2011-12-15

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Who can participate

Age range50 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

What they're measuring

Change in 6 - Minute Walk Test

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Change in Knee Society Score

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Change in range of knee motion [degrees]

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy

Change of knee pain intensity in Visual Analogue Scale

Timeframe: Change from baseline- 1st measurement before total knee arthroplasty and final - 2nd measurement in 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty and physiotherapy