About this trial
The goal of this study is to assess the feasibility of utilizing a telehealth rehabilitation platform to increase patient access for individuals who have undergone orthopedic surgery.
Patient participants will be seen via telehealth until they are able to be seen by an in-person physical therapist of their choice.
Provider participants will be the physical therapist who are providing physical therapy services through the telehealth application.
Data collection:
Patient and provider post surveys Home program and scheduled visit compliance rate Healthcare information in keeping with Stand of care physical therapy practices
Feasibility criteria will be assessed to determine whether this modality improves physical therapy access for patients living in rural areas.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients that are candidates for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Disqualifiers
Visual impairment greater than 20/200 with the use of corrective lenses
Does not own or have consistent access to a phone with data capabilities
Has been informed by their healthcare provider that they should not participate in physical therapy services
Participants can be excluded from the study at any time if the physical therapist determines the patient is not an appropriate candidate for telehealth therapy.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Software as a Medical Device (WizeCare)
DeviceTelehealth services will be provided through a telerehabilitation platform with AI capabilities and markerless motion capture.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Time to initial physical therapy visit
Number of days from the time the patient is enrolled in the study until the time they have their first physical therapy visit
Time to first physical therapy visit scheduled
Number of days from when the patient is enrolled to when their first physical therapy visit is scheduled
Number of major adverse events reported from telehealth physical therapy services
Numerical count of how many major adverse events patients or providers report
Number of Scheduled physical therapy visits completed by enrolled patients
Number of scheduled physical therapy sessions completed by patients compared to number of sessions scheduled
Secondary outcomes
Lower Extremity Functional Scale
Lower Extremity Functional scale is a questionniare designed to assess functional status in patients with Lower extremity problems. The scale is 0-80 with a higher score demonstrating higher functional status
Operative lower extremity pain
Pain in relation to the lower extremity that has undergone ACL reconstructive surgery will be measured on a 0-10 scale with 0 being no pain and 10 being worse pain.
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