Telemedicine in Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Wearable Technology

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Subjectivity, cost-effectiveness, and inconsistent reporting limit monitoring after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This prospective study leverages machine learning wearable technology to remotely monitor patients before and after TKA with fidelity and reliability, without sacrificing safe triage needing increased perioperative attention. Patients will download a mobile app that pairs with a "smart" knee sleeve to (1) monitor activity via daily step count, (2) solicit patient-reported outcomes, (3) calculate max flexion, and (4) provide physical therapy compliance data. The primary objective of this study is to determine validity and acceptability of the technology; secondary objectives include perioperative benchmarking with characterization of post-operative recovery trajectories.

Clinical Trial Description

Monitoring of pre-operative status and post-operative recovery from elective orthopaedic surgery is critical to delivering safe, value-based care. Measurement after TKA has traditionally been accomplished through clinician in-office assessments, validated surveys, or both; subjectivity, cost-effectiveness, and inconsistent reporting limit these assessments. Leveraging now ubiquitous smartphone technology and smart wearable technology with machine learning software offers the opportunity to remotely monitor patients before and after surgery. This provides surgeons, hospitals, and stakeholders the opportunity to objectively quantify (1) patient compliance, (2) value of a given surgical procedure with unprecedented benchmarking, and, more importantly, (3) the better triage of those needing increased perioperative attention. Regardless of the orthopaedic procedure, a motion-based machine learning software application to commercial mobile and wearable technology readily and inexpensively unlocks the potential of delivering value-based care through the low maintenance acquisition of both precision, small data that may then be extrapolated to population-level revelations from big data regardless of the joint or extremity. With the rise of telemedicine, clinical validation of the technology is of mutual interest to orthopaedic patients, surgeons, administrators, payers, and policymakers. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Knee Arthritis

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03406455
Study type	Observational
Source	The Cleveland Clinic
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase
Start date	July 2, 2018
Completion date	May 15, 2019

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