ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2023
Effectiveness of using a chatbot to promote adherence to home physiotherapy after total knee replacement, rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial.
Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05363137 (Herramienta De Procesamiento De Lenguaje Natural En Dispositivo Móvil Inteligente Para Fomentar La Adherencia a La Rehabilitación Domiciliaria), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Herramienta De Procesamiento De Lenguaje Natural En Dispositivo Móvil Inteligente Para Fomentar La Adherencia a La Rehabilitación Domiciliaria
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Usability and User Experience Assessment of Health Care Conversational Agents Using Validated Subjective Instruments: Systematic Review and Comparative Analysis.JMIR human factors · 2026Pooled it
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- Meta-analysis of prognostic factors in patients with knee arthroplasty.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- A Scoping Review on Artificial Intelligence-Supported Interventions for Nonpharmacologic Management of Chronic Rheumatic Diseases.Arthritis care & research · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation Interventions Delivered via Telehealth to Support Self-Management of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease: A Scoping Review.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Review
- Conversational Agents to Support Pain Management: A Scoping Review.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRehabilitation is essential to optimize outcomes after surgical procedures in musculoskeletal disorders. However, adherence to rehabilitation continues to be an important barrier, since compliance with the programs is not always as desired, which may have a negative impact on clinical results.
methodsRandomized controlled trial aimed at to determining the effectiveness of using a virtual assistant (i.e., chatbot) to promote adherence to home rehabilitation. Overall, seventy patients under 75, undergoing total knee replacement, who have a personal smartphone and are familiar with its use, will be assigned into the control (standard care) or the experimental (standard care plus virtual assistant) group. Adherence (primary outcome) will be assessed three months after surgery. The WOMAC questionnaire, knee pain and system usability scale will be also outcomes of interest at three months and one year. Overall, an analysis of variance will look for possible time, group and time*group interactions. DISCUSSION: The expected result is to determine whether the use of a chatbot that interacts with the patient can increase adherence to post-surgical home physiotherapy, and result in better clinical results (functional and pain) than standard care.
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