interACTION: A Portable Joint Function Monitoring and Training System for Remote Rehabilitation Following TKA

James J. Irrgang

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments: Device: InterACTION; Other: Standard of Care Physical Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02646761

PRO15060281

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if home-based therapy with monitoring via telemedicine can overcome many barriers to compliance and improve rehabilitation. Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty will be followed for 10 weeks during their outpatient physical therapy course. Subjects will undergo standard physical therapy or physical therapy paired with InterACTION for 10 weeks.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Between ages 40 to 80 years of age;
2. Have undergone primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty;
3. Being referred for post-operative outpatient physical therapy;
4. Agree to and able to perform pre-defined exercises that they would normally perform in a physical rehabilitation program.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with BMI >40 at the time of surgery;
2. Individuals who are not free of any other co-disability or comorbidity that would specifically impede disallow or otherwise hinder performance of rehabilitation exercises;
3. Individuals who cannot physically receive or understand audio and visual feedback from the joint motion tracking system during or after performance of rehabilitation exercises;
4. Individuals who are discharged post-operatively to a skilled nursing facility instead of to their residence;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Rehabilitation with InterACTION

Experimental group

Description:

After total knee arthroplasty, subjects will undergo physical therapy 1 time per week supplemented by home exercise program with InterACTION device.

Treatment:

Device: InterACTION

Standard Physical Therapy

Other group

Description:

After total knee arthroplasty, subjects will undergo standard of care physical therapy 2 times per week with standard home exercise program.

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care Physical Therapy