Web-Based Physiotherapy Following Knee Arthroscopy

NCT04308772 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 18/WS/0077
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 33
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Web-based physiotherapy might improve care following knee arthroscopy. For this study half of the participants will receive usual care (printed leaflet) and half will receive 6 weeks of web-based physiotherapy.

Conditions

Knee Arthroscopy; Physical Therapy

Keywords

knee; arthroscopy; physiotherapy; web-based

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS).

  The KOOS is a patient reported outcome measure, developed to assess the patients' opinion about their knee and associated problems. The KOOS evaluates both short-term and long-term consequences of knee injury. It consists of 42 items in 5 separately scored subscales; Pain, other Symptoms, Function in daily living (ADL), Function in Sport and Recreation (Sport/Rec), and knee-related Quality of Life (QOL).The KOOS is self-administered and takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. The KOOS is reliable, responsive to surgery and physical therapy and can be used to evaluate the course of knee injury and treatment outcomes (Roos et al.,1998).

  Baseline to 6 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Cincinnati Sports Activity Scale (CSAS)

  Baseline to 6 weeks.

• Adherence to exercise programme

  Weekly for 6 weeks

• Health Resource Form

  Week 6

Study Arms (2)

Usual Care

NO INTERVENTION

Those randomised to the usual care arm will receive a leaflet which contains a standard programme of exercises Participants will be asked to complete their exercise programme as prescribed (at least once per day).

Web-based physiotherapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive a six week exercise programme, based on those in the usual care exercise sheet delivered via the web-based physio website (www.giraffehealth.com).

Behavioral: Web-based Physiotherapy

Interventions

Web-based Physiotherapy BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive an exercise programme, based on those patients usually get in the form of an exercise leaflet, delivered via a web-based physio website (www.giraffehealth.com). Participants will be asked to complete their exercise programme as prescribed (at least once each day) and to fill out an online exercise diary which the physiotherapist can see remotely from the clinical site.

Web-based physiotherapy

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Patients who have undergone Knee Arthroscopy surgery.
• Access to a personal computer/tablet or smart phone with an email address and internet connection
• Be able to understand English.

You may not qualify if:

• Infection or other post-operative complications
• Other significant co-morbidities for which exercise is contra-indicated
• Unwilling to be randomised to intervention/control group
• Taking part in another research project

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Glasgow Caledonian University: lead
• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Glasgow, G51 4TF, United Kingdom

Location

Study Officials

• Spiros Nikologiannis

  Glasgow Caledonian University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 10, 2020
• First Posted: March 16, 2020
• Study Start: June 25, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 29, 2018
• Study Completion: December 31, 2018
• Last Updated: March 16, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)