Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty
ConditionArthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAalborg University Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the potential of wearable sensors for monitoring the postoperative recovery of patients after TKA.
The main question the study aims to answer is:
• whether alterations in gait characteristics and the changes in PA levels measured by wearable PA trackers can accurately reflect a patient's postoperative recovery status and provide clinically relevant information to aid their management.
Participants will wear PA trackers during the perioperative period of TKA (2 weeks before until 3 months after, and then agin for 2 weeks one year after the surgery) and we will analyze their gait and PA and correlate them with their recovery after surgery.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients diagnosed with knee OA and scheduled to undergo unilateral TKA at Aalborg University Hospital, Farsø.
Disqualifiers
Daily pain (numeric rating scale (NRS) ≥ 4) or severe OA in the contralateral knee (KL-IV)
Daily pain (NRS ≥ 4) or severe OA in the spine and other lower limb joints
BMI > 35 kg/m2
Recent surgery in the spine or lower limbs (< 6 months)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Measuring gait
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Sponsors and collaborators
Aalborg University Hospital
Lead sponsor
Aalborg University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov