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Home-based Rehabilitation with A Novel Digital Biofeedback System versus Conventional In-person Rehabilitation after Total Knee Replacement: A feasibility study

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Correia, Fernando Dias, Nogueira, André, Magalhães, Ivo, Guimarães, Joana, Moreira, Maria, Barradas, Isabel, Teixeira, Laetitia, Tulha, José +3 more·2018·Scientific Reports

Abstract

In-person home-based rehabilitation and telerehabilitation can be as effective as clinic-based rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but require heavy logistics and are highly dependent on human supervision. New technologies that allow independent home-based rehabilitation without constant human supervision may help solve this problem. This was a single-center, feasibility study comparing a digital biofeedback system that meets these needs against conventional in-person home-based rehabilitation after TKA over an 8-week program. Primary outcome was the change in the Timed Up and Go score between the end of the program and baseline. Fifty-nine patients completed the study (30 experimental group; 29 conventional rehabilitation). The study demonstrated a superiority of the experimental group for all outcomes. Adverse events were similar in both groups. This is the first study to demonstrate that a digital rehabilitation solution can achieve better outcomes than conventional in-person rehabilitation, while less demanding in terms of human resources.

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  • The authors have previously demonstrated the utility of a completely remote digital care program integrating exercise, education, and cognitive behavioral therapy in several MSK conditions, including for upper limb.

    “Previously, we have demonstrated the utility of a completely remote digital care program (DCP) integrating exercise, education, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in several MSK conditions [42,43,44,45], including for upper limb [46,47,48].”

    From Digital Rehabilitation for Elbow Pain Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study (2022) · cites this paper as [44]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes home-based digital exercise rehabilitation after total knee replacement, and the Discussion reports better outcomes in that group. The paper does not establish a program combining exercise, education, and CBT across several MSK conditions or for the upper limb. The Results also report three face-to-face therapist contacts, so this program was not completely remote. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • Telerehabilitation provides comparable results to outpatient physical therapy and face-to-face home rehabilitation, while reducing costs.

    “Telerehabilitation has shown to provide comparable results to outpatient physical therapy [35–39] and to face-to-face home rehabilitation [40, 41], while reducing costs [42–44].”
  • This DCP was previously validated for feasibility and effectiveness in post-surgery MSK rehabilitation.

    “This DCP was previously validated (feasibility and effectiveness) in post-surgery MSK rehabilitation [38, 41, 45, 46].”

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Correia, F. D., Nogueira, A., Magalhães, I., Guimarães, J., Moreira, M., Barradas, I., Teixeira, L., Tulha, J., Seabra, R., Lains, J., & Bento, V.
Affiliations
  • Hospital de Santo António (PT)
  • Sword Health, SA (Portugal) (PT)
  • Universidade do Porto (PT)
  • Hospital da Prelada (PT)
Corresponding author
Correia, Fernando Dias
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2018-07-26
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
11299-11299
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2883522275
Cited by
110
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 7 · 2016: 1
FWCI
7.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • European Commission (H2020, 672814)
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Keywords
total knee arthroplasty, home-based rehabilitation, telerehabilitation, Timed Up and Go test, walking speed, postoperative rehabilitation, feasibility
MeSH terms
Telerehabilitation, Aged, Feasibility Studies, Feedback, Female, Humans, Locomotion, Male, Middle Aged, Time, Treatment Outcome, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions

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