ArticleFrontiers in surgery2024
Mobile-based in-home telerehabilitation compared with in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for elderly patients after total hip arthroplasty in China's level 1 trauma center: a noninferiority randomized controlled trial.
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- Digital Physiotherapeutic Elbow-Specific Training System for Patients After Arthroscopic Release of Elbow Contracture: Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- A study on the trajectory of change and influencing factors of care dependence in elderly patients during hospitalization after total hip arthroplasty.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Orthopedic Trauma Management: A Comprehensive Review of Surgical Interventions, Rehabilitation, and Patient Outcomes.Cureus · 2026Review
- Opportunities Offered by Telemedicine in the Care of Patients Affected by Fractures and Critical Issues: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Telerehabilitation in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review of Clinical Outcomes, Patient-Reported Measures, and Implementation Challenges.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Telerehabilitation is gaining popularity in European and American countries, but whether it can be successfully implemented in China still lacks support from clinical studies. Objective: This trial aimed to determine if a home-based telerehabilitation method is clinically noninferior to standard in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for elderly patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) in China. Methods: This multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted from January 2021 to June 2022 at The First Rehabilitation Hospital in Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University affiliated Sixth People's Hospital and Shanghai Tongji University affiliated Tenth People's Hospital. Sixty-four patients were recruited for this two-arm, single-assessor blinded, randomized controlled trial. The participants were randomly assigned to the in-home telerehabilitation group (TELE group) and the in-hospital physical therapist in-person group (PT group). The intervention consisted of a 12-week home-based rehabilitation program with video instructions and remote coaching on a mobile APP (TELE group). The PT group received a standard in-hospital rehabilitation intervention assisted by a physical therapist for one month and outpatient clinic for the next two months. Patients were evaluated at baseline, 4 weeks, and 12 weeks postoperatively employing functional tests (Timed Up & Go test and Berg balance test) and self-reported questionnaires (Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and Short Form 12 (SF-12)). Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups for the demographic and clinical characteristics. 61 participants were analyzed (PT group: Conclusion: Our results showed the noninferiority of in-home telerehabilitation and advocated its application as a reliable alternative to in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for patients who underwent THA. Clinical Trial Registration: https://www.chictr.org.cn/, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Number: ChiCTR1900025825).
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