Home-based rehabilitation using wearable motion tracker with smart phone application feedback is as effective as conventional self-directed rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effectiveness and pain improvement of self-directed rehabilitation (SDR) using a wearable motion tracker system (WMT) with smartphone application feedback after total knee arthroplasty.

Design

A randomized controlled trial in institutional practice enrolled female patients who had undergone total knee arthroplasty. The experimental group was instructed to perform self-directed rehabilitation using the WMT device (WMT), and the control group performed self-directed rehabilitation protocol under physiotherapist supervision (SDR) according to discharge education at home with regular outpatient visit. 24 and 25 patients in the experimental and control group were analyzed. Knee ROM, WOMAC, EQ-5D-5 L, KOOS, and motion tracker gained gait speed, and gai

SUBMITTER: Jung SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12729111 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature