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Knee Replacement Rehabilitation Care Pathways

NCT07598539 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 275

Last updated 2026-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Previous research has shown that use of rehabilitation (including physical therapy) and the recovery of function after knee replacement surgery may differ depending on patients' race, sex, income or insurance, and geographic location. In this study, the investigators will develop and test a new care pathway for knee replacement rehabilitation that is designed to maximize functional recovery for all patients and reduce differences between different groups of patients. Findings from this project will lead to improved rehabilitation quality after knee replacement surgery.

Conditions

  • Knee Replacement, Total

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TKA Journey - patient education

The investigators' team developed a new patient education booklet containing information that walks the patient through their TKA journey, from pre-operative to hospital-based rehabilitation prior to discharge, to outpatient physical therapy, and after discharge from formal physical therapy services. All patients in the intervention arm will receive this booklet from their surgeon's office and will receive a phone call from study personnel to review it and answer any questions.

OTHER

Optimized Rehab Scheduling

For all patients in the 'intervention' practice, the home health referral will include instructions for the home health physical therapist to assist the patient with scheduling their first outpatient physical therapy session, to avoid unnecessary gaps in care between home health discharge and outpatient physical therapy evaluation.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Rehab

Participants in the usual rehab group will continue to follow the current standard-of-care rehabilitation pathway for patients post-TKA.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Allyn M Bove, DPT, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-01
Primary Completion
2027-03-31
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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