Recruiting

Home PT vs. FORCE PT

Sponsor:

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Code:

NCT02911389

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Home PT via web-based platform

Home PT via paper manual

outpatient PT

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine if unsupervised, home rehabilitation delivered by a web-based platform or paper manual is a safe and effective alternative to outpatient physical therapy after total knee replacement.

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Study ID

NCT02911389

Start date

Mar, 2016

Status verified date

Sep, 2016

Primary completion date

Mar, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Any patient undergoing unilateral, primary TKA

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients without access to the Internet
2. Patients without access to outpatient PT
3. Revision or conversion TKA
4. Patients discharged to a rehabilitation unit or other form of respite care such as a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation center, convalescent home, long-term care facility or nursing home.

Study Design

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Home PT via web-based platform

unsupervised, home rehabilitation delivered by a web-based platform

active comparator: Home PT via paper manual

unsupervised, home rehabilitation delivered by a paper manual

active comparator: outpatient PT

outpatient physical therapy

Interventions

Home PT via web-based platform

Home PT via paper manual

outpatient PT

Primary outcome measure

  • Knee Range of Motion [ Time Frame: 1 month post surgery ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Rothman Institute

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19148

Contacts

Tiffany Morrison, MS, CCRP

267-339-7818tiffany.morrison@rothmaninstitute.com

More Information

Sponsor

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Last update posted

Sep 22, 2016

Last verified

Sep, 2016

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rothman Institute Orthopaedics on 2016-09-22.