A Telemedicine Solution for Remote Support of Rehabilitation, for Patients Undergoing, Total Hip Arthroplasty Surgery

NCT00969020 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2012-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The RRS project is a Randomized Clinical Trial documenting the effect of Remote Rehabilitation and Support via a telemedicine solution for patients undergoing an optimized fast-track orthopedic surgery procedure with the implementation of a total hip arthroplasty. With the telemedicine solution the investigators will support and try to motivate the patient to be discharged after only one day of hospitalization.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

remote rehabilitation support

An information technology solution containing RRS. The way it supports,, informs and educates the patient and support person, provides an opportunity for communication between the patient and the surgeons, physiotherapists and nurses at the hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Caretech Innovation

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Lundbeck Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • Regionshospitalet Silkeborg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kjeld Soballe, Professor · University of Aarhus, Orthopaedic surgical research

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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