TeleRehabilitation Following ACL Reconstruction

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: ACL Injury

Treatments: Other: Telerehabilitation Therapy; Other: In-person Rehabilitation Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04541940

20-01260

Details and patient eligibility

About

Telerehabilitation is a form of tele-treatment in which rehabilitation services are dispensed at patients' home utilizing video telecommunication services with real-time synchronous exchange of information. The advantages of telerehabilitation include reducing unnecessary travel to the hospital and person to person contact while maintaining social distancing. While some of the patients are truly staying at remote areas, others are unable to manage travel in the lockdown period. Telemedicine offers the opportunity to deliver rehabilitative services in the patients' home, closing geographic, physical, and motivational gaps. Punctuality on either side is also assured since the travel times are saved on both the ends.

The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate telerehabilitation vs. in-person rehabilitation following ACL reconstruction. Objectives include assess return to sport and patient reported functional outcomes.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Scheduled for ACL reconstruction
• Age 18-40
• Ability to comply with a standardized postoperative protocol
• Willing and able to provide consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant patient
• Age >40 years, or < 18
• Previous knee surgery
• Unable to speak English or perform informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

Telerehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Telerehabilitation Therapy

In-Person Rehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: In-person Rehabilitation Therapy