Non-inferiority of a hybrid outpatient rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial (HIRE, DRKS00028770).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physiotherapeutic telerehabilitation in various musculoskeletal and internal diseases, including back pain, might be comparable to face-to-face rehabilitation or better than non-rehabilitation. In Germany, a standardized back school for patients with chronic back pain is provided in outpatient rehabilitation centers. The effectiveness of this standardized back school was shown in a randomized controlled trial in face-to-face rehabilitation. This study examines non-inferiority of a hybrid rehabilitation applying a digital version of the standardized back school against a rehabilitation applying the face-to-face back school.

Methods/design

We recruit 320 patients in eight German outpatient rehabilitation centers. Patients are randomized equally to the intervention a

SUBMITTER: Albers R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10125254 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature