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ArticleJournal of orthopaedics and sports medicine2026

Digital Telerehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review of Clinical Outcomes, Patient Experience, Safety, and Resource Use.

Rohan Reddy, Nicholas Lam, Mihali Dieguez, Marcel P Fraix, Devendra K Agrawal

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Article in Journal of orthopaedics and sports medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Rohan ReddyDepartments of Translational Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766 USA.
Nicholas LamDepartments of Translational Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766 USA.
Mihali DieguezDepartments of Translational Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766 USA.
Marcel P FraixPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766 USA.
Devendra K AgrawalDepartments of Translational Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766 USA.

Funding

Research Education Program to Promote Diversity in Immunologic and Allergic DiseasesR25AI179582 · NIAID · WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Devendra K. Agrawal · 2025 to 2026
$756k
NIAID NIH HHS R25 AI179582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Digital telerehabilitation has become an increasingly employed form of rehabilitation therapy to support patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, various platforms differ in content, monitoring, feedback, and clinician involvement. This review summarizes recent evidence on smartphone-based and digitally mediated telerehabilitation. Functional recovery was emphasized as the primary outcome. Recent Findings: A search across PubMed, EMBASE, and CINAHL Complete was conducted from January 1 Summary: This review integrates evidence across functional recovery, adherence, pain, satisfaction and engagement, complications and readmissions, while treating cost and resource-use findings as contextual evidence. Digital telerehabilitation appears to be a feasible adjunct or alternative for selected patients after TKA, with the clearest support for comparable functional recovery and less standardized evidence across secondary and contextual outcomes.

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Digital healthFunctional recoveryPatient engagementPhysical therapyTelerehabilitationTotal knee arthroplasty

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PMID42694677
PMCPMC13540415

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