Evaluation of Home-based Telerehabilitation Platform to Augment Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center

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 volunteers

Qualifiers

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

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Software as a Medical Device (WizeCare)

    Device

    Telehealth services will be provided through a telerehabilitation platform with AI capabilities and markerless motion capture.

Treatment groups

15 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: TelerehabilitationExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

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 frame
At study completion, average 1 year
2

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

Time frame
At study completion, average 1 year
3

Number of major adverse events reported from telehealth physical therapy services

Numerical count of how many major adverse events patients or providers report

Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 1 year
4

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

Time frame
At study completion, average 1 year

Secondary outcomes

1

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

Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 1 year
2

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.

Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Other outcomes

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