Formal vs. Home-Based Physical Therapy After Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

NCT02883998 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 16021505
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 52
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To determine whether home-based physical therapy (HBPT) is not clinically inferior to formal outpatient physical therapy (OPT) after hospital discharge of patients undergoing a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA).

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Keywords

home-based physical therapy; outpatient physical therapy; unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; PT (Physical Therapy); osteoarthritis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change from baseline in Knee Society Score

  at 3 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year after surgery

• Change from baseline in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index

  at 3 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year after surgery

• Change from baseline in Knee range of motion

  at 3 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year after surgery

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Complications

  Will be assessed at 3 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year after surgery

• Cost comparison

  Will be assessed at 3 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year after surgery

Study Arms (2)

Outpatient Physical Therapy Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Once the patient is cleared for discharged from the hospital, the patient will be given a prescription for outpatient physical therapy to attend 3 times per week for 6 weeks.

Other: Outpatient Physical Therapy

Home Base Physical Therapy Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients will be provided a packet of exercises and equipment to perform the home based physical therapy program. Patients will attend a single session of outpatient physical therapy prior to surgery no more than 4 weeks prior to the procedure to teach the patient how to perform the exercises.

Other: Home Base Physical Therapy

Interventions

Outpatient Physical Therapy OTHER

traditional outpatient physical therapy which occurs at a physical therapy office

Outpatient Physical Therapy Group

Home Base Physical Therapy OTHER

Patients will be provided a packet of exercises via a website which allows access to instructional physical therapy videos specifically designated for UKA patients and equipment to perform the home based physical therapy

Home Base Physical Therapy Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Scheduled for a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

You may not qualify if:

• Require inpatient physical therapy beyond post-operative day one
• \< 18 years old
• Decline to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rush University Medical Center: lead
• Rothman Institute Orthopaedics: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Moffet H, Tousignant M, Nadeau S, Merette C, Boissy P, Corriveau H, Marquis F, Cabana F, Ranger P, Belzile EL, Dimentberg R. In-Home Telerehabilitation Compared with Face-to-Face Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Jul 15;97(14):1129-41. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.N.01066.

  PMID: 26178888 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases

Study Officials

• Craig Della Valle, MD

  Rush University Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2016
• First Posted: August 30, 2016
• Study Start: August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: June 11, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)