Does Rehabilitation After Total Hip Or Knee Arthroplasty Work (DRAW2)

Summary

Overall frame: The overall or "parent" DRAW-project is a large-scale project run in Denmark that aims to provide substantial level 1A evidence-data related to the question: Does rehabilitation after total hip and knee replacements work? In the DRAW project, the authors challenge the belief that physical rehabilitation is clinically important - and surely better than "no physical rehabilitation". To challenge this belief thoroughly, the DRAW project holds many individual work packages centered around the same question. These work packages will be conducted in collaboration with municipality rehabilitation centers in Denmark so that specific usual care strategies are reflected in the different trials and local clinical relevance is as well as implementation potential are increased.

Conditions

• Rehabilitation
• Telerehabilitation
• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Homebased telerehabilitation

The telerehabilitation intervention is based on sensor technology, developed by ICURA. The technology consists of motion sensors that can measure and analyse the quantity and quality of the exercises, and a mobile application that can guide the patients with visual response. A unique feature of ICURA trainer allows the physiotherapist to remotely supervise the individual patients exercise adherence and progress. The patients will receive a suitcase with five sensors (to be placed bilaterally on lower legs, thighs and one around the waist), a smartphone to record the exercises and a charging station free of charge during the 6-week intervention. At the end of the intervention the material will be returned at the first follow-up (t1). For more information please visit https://icura.dk.

PROCEDURE

Homebased rehabilitation

The unsupervised rehabilitation group will receive a written exercise program in order to perform daily exercises at home. The exercise program will be made using Exorlive (for more information about Exorlive please visit https://www.exorlive.com). In addition to the written program, patients will able to use a link provided to see small video-instructions on the internet of each exercise on the program. No feedback or supplementary instructions will be given after the initial face-to-face appointment.

PROCEDURE

No physical rehabilitation

Patients allocated to the no intervention group will receive encouragement to stay active and be encouraged to gradually return to activities of daily living. This will be the only exercise-encouragement given to the no-intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Troels Mark Christensen

  lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-04-06

Primary Completion

2024-03-22

Completion

2025-03-18

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations