Innovating Physical Therapy: A Pilot Study on Band Connect's Impact on Compliance, Satisfaction, and Revenue

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty; Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty; Rotator Cuff Tears

Treatments: Device: Band Connect

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06733480

STUDY20241277

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants are being invited to take part in this research study because you will be undergoing total shoulder replacement or rotator cuff repair and will be participating in physical therapy rehabilitation following the procedure. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of Band Connect, a connected health platform, in enhancing compliance with home exercise programs among patients undergoing physical therapy. This study aims to evaluate the implications of increased compliance on improving patient engagement and increasing satisfaction for both patients and clinicians. Additionally, the study will analyze the economic implications of implementing Band Connect's hybrid care model on driving increased revenue per patient.

Enrollment: 499 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age range: from 18 to 89 years old
• Surgery performed by Dr. Robert Gillespie and will be undergoing post-op physical therapy rehabilitation at University Hospitals
• Patients undergoing primary anatomic total shoulder shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) or primary reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA)
• Patients undergoing primary rotator cuff repair
• Prescribed outpatient physical therapy for post-operative rehabilitation

Chart Review Inclusion Criteria:

• Age range: from 18 to 89 years old
• Surgery performed by Dr. Robert Gillespie who underwent post-op physical therapy rehabilitation at University Hospitals
• Patients who underwent primary anatomic total shoulder shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) or primary reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA)
• Patients who underwent primary rotator cuff repair
• Prescribed outpatient physical therapy for post-operative rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty or revision TSA
• Patients undergoing revision rotator cuff repair
• TSA performed for proximal humerus fractures
• Length of stay in hospital following shoulder surgery greater than 3 days
• Shoulder injuries related to workers compensation or involved in any pending litigation
• Pregnant individuals

Chart Review Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty or revision TSA
• Patients undergoing revision rotator cuff repair
• TSA performed for proximal humerus fractures
• Length of stay in hospital following shoulder surgery greater than 3 days
• Shoulder injuries related to workers compensation or involved in any pending litigation
• Pregnant individuals

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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499 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1 Band Connect

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in group 1 will be set up with the Band Connect platform and build their treatment plan at the first in-clinic visit.

Treatment:

Device: Band Connect

Group 2 Standard Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Group 2 will consist of retrospective chart review to as act a control group. Charts will be pulled from 1/1/2019-12/31/2023.