Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality in Functional Rehabilitation in Older People With Knee Arthroplasty

University of Malaga

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Treatments: Other: Physioterapy rehabilitation with IVR; Other: standard physiotherapy rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04396782

UMALAGARV Knee

Details and patient eligibility

About

The number of knee arthroplasties performed each year is constantly increasing. Although the outcome is generally favourable, 10-20% do not achieve a satisfactory clinical result. This study evaluates the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality rehabilitation in older people who have undergone knee arthroplasty surgery. The 6 Meter Walking Test is used to determine the improvement of patients after the procedure.

Enrollment: 140 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• people who are admitted to one of the two chosen residences on the Costa del Sol who have had, or will have, a total knee arthroplasty recently.
• People between 60-75, who want to receive rehabilitation treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refuse to participate or who suffer serious post-operative complications.
• patients with neurological or cognitive impairment that could interfere with the performance of the rehabilitative treatment will be excluded.
• Those with any severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease that would prevent them from exercising and also those who are not allowed physical activity for any reason.
• Those with poor visual acuity who are unable to see the visual characteristics of the screen.
• Patients with severe contralateral knee osteoarthritis (>5/10 pain when climbing stairs) or other orthopaedic conditions that limited function and required an alternative simultaneous operation, e.g. severe lumbar spinal stenosis, severe OA of the hip or ankle...
• Those who are scheduled for other lower limb surgery in the next 6 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

physiotherapy rehabilitation with IVR

Experimental group

Description:

This program includes: static bicycle with virtual reality glasses, analytical lower limb exercises, global lower limb exerciseswith virtual reality glasses and activities to be done at home.

Treatment:

Other: standard physiotherapy rehabilitation

standard physiotherapy rehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Description:

static bicycle, analytical lower limb exercises, global lower limb exercises and activities to be done at home.

Treatment:

Other: Physioterapy rehabilitation with IVR