Community Based Rehabilitation Model After Total Knee Replacement

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Outpatient physiotherapy; Other: Community based physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06270446

DSRB 2019/01135

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the clinical efficacy of community-based early stage knee replacement rehabilitation program as compared with usual care in acute hospital outpatient clinic

Full description

To investigate the clinical efficacy of community-based early stage knee replacement rehabilitation program as compared with usual care in acute hospital outpatient clinic

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

i) unilateral TKA; ii) age 55 years old and above; iii) able to engage in outpatient physiotherapy; iii) postoperative knee flexion ≥75° and knee extension ≤5°; iv) able to ambulate independently preoperatively.

Exclusion criteria

i) had revision TKA or fully constrained knee arthroplasty; ii) had knee replacement for indications other than osteoarthritis; iii) had post-operative complications during hospital stay; iv) were unable to participate due to cognitive impairment or language barriers; v) had acute spinal diseases or joint, muscle or systemic diseases affecting gait; iv) had comorbid health conditions that would prevent active participation (e.g. prior hemiplegic stroke, severe cardiorespiratory illnesses.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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59 participants in 2 patient groups

Outpatient

Other group

Description:

Usual care, outpatient physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Outpatient physiotherapy

CRC

Active Comparator group

Description:

Community based physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Community based physiotherapy