Combined Digital Interventions for Pain Reduction in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Digital technology represents an opportunity to improve outcomes following total knee replacement (TKR). Digitally delivered interventions have been shown to be similar to face-to-face interventions and to increase participation levels in people with osteoarthritis.

Objective

To assess the effect of a digital technology package in reducing pain compared with usual care following TKR.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial recruited 102 adults after they received TKR in 3 rehabilitation hospitals in Sydney, Australia, between June 2020 and July 2021.

Interventions

All participants underwent usual care. In addition to usual care, 51 participants received a digital technology package consisting of an exercise app, fitness track

SUBMITTER: Duong V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504613 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature