The Effect of Smart Ring Assisted Physiotherapeutic Intervention After TKR

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorCoxa, Hospital for Joint Replacement

About this trial

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn about the effect of a wearable activity tracker assisted physiotherapeutic intervention on the risk of poor patient reported outcome after a primary total knee replacement.

The main question it aims to answer is whether a wearable activity tracker assisted physiotherapeutic intervention and remote monitoring may help to decrease the number of the poor patient reported post-operative outcome 12 months after a primary total knee replacement.

Participants will receive standard postoperative care which includes physiotherapy appointments 4 weeks and 3 months after the surgery and they will use smart rings (Oura ring) 3 months postoperatively. Patients will be remotely monitored to follow their recovery from total knee replacement surgery: the study group physiotherapists will follow the patients' activity and sleep and if necessary, make a contact with patient if there seems to low activity indicating difficulties with recovering from the surgery.

Researchers will compare the intervention group to a group of participants who will receive only standard postoperative care with physiotherapy appointments 4 weeks and 3 months, to see if the use of the Oura ring may decrease the number of participants with poor patient reported post-operative outcome after total knee replacement.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients undergoing primary TKA for primary osteoarthritis.

Patients able to consent and willing to comply with the study protocol.

Patients aged 18 to 70 years

Patients is able to use a smartphone and a smart ring.

Disqualifiers

Patients unwilling to provide informed consent

>15 degrees varus or valgus, or > 15 degrees fixed flexion deformity

Physical, emotional, or neurological conditions that would compromise the patient, e.g., poor compliance with postoperative rehabilitation and follow-up (e.g., drug or alcohol abuse, serious mental illness, general neurological conditions, such as Parkinson, MS, etc.)

Patients unable to attend the study physiotherapy appointments at the outpatient clinic.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Smart ring assisted physiotherapeutic intervention

Treatment groups

338 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups