Mobile Device Outcomes-based Rehabilitation Program

Summary

This joint research project between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) will demonstrate that the implementation of the Mobile Device Outcomes-based Rehabilitation Program (MDORP) will improve the quality of rehabilitative care at a decreased cost to the healthcare system and a reduced burden for service members (SMs) and veterans with lower limb loss. The development of the MDORP will be executed by a multisite translational clinical care team that will use web-based mobile computing devices designed to assess mobility, enable remote prescription of targeted exercise program, and provide continual measureable outcomes to document the continuum of care with the intent of maximizing prosthetic performance while minimizing adverse medical events. The information obtained from this web-based mobile device application will be used by clinicians to promote continuity of care from the DoD and VA facilities nationwide to the community and at home.

Conditions

• Transfemoral Amputation
• Transtibial Amputation

Interventions

DEVICE

Rehabilitative Lower-limb Orthopedic Accommodating-feedback Device (ReLOAD)

The study will use a novel piece of technology, the ReLOAD, which is a data collector system that uses instrumented insoles, custom, miniature (1"x1") microcontroller with accelerometer, gyroscopes, and geomagnetic sensors connected to a Bluetooth transceiver to collect and transmit gait kinematic data to mobile devices, such as an iPad and iPod. When a person walks or performs a specific activity, the ReLOAD system captures the movement, which can then be stored locally within the mobile device and/or encrypted and sent to a secured central server. This allows the patient or provider to access clinically relevant biomechanical data to help guide rehabilitation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

  collaborator FED

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  collaborator FED

• University of Miami

  collaborator OTHER

• Miami VA Healthcare System

  collaborator FED

• Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Paul F Pasquina, MD · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services Univesrity of the Health Sciences, Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-05-31

Primary Completion

2019-06-30

Completion

2020-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations