Increasing Patient Empowerment in TKA-Recovery Via a Mobile Application: an Observational Study

4 pages•Published: October 26, 2019

Philippe Van Overschelde, Stefaan Van Onsem, Ward Servaes and Alain Kalmar

Abstract

During the last few years, total knee arthroplasty has evolved from basic surgery to restore basic function, to a fast-track procedure to relief pain and get the patients back to a high level of activity.. However, the way physiotherapy is performed, remained the same. This paper presents the results of 185 patients that used a mobile health application to track their recovery. Adherence and clinical results were evaluated and reported. Our study demonstrated an excellent patient acceptance and compliance of the outpatient autonomous recovery app. Patient satisfaction was outstanding, and functional recovery was securely within conventional range.

Keyphrases: medical application, outcome, tele rehabilitation, total knee arthroplasty

In: Patrick Meere and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena (editors). CAOS 2019. The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, vol 3, pages 384-387.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/wXsk
	https://doi.org/10.29007/774f

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{CAOS2019:Increasing_Patient_Empowerment_TKA,
  author    = {Philippe Van Overschelde and Stefaan Van Onsem and Ward Servaes and Alain Kalmar},
  title     = {Increasing Patient Empowerment in TKA-Recovery Via a Mobile Application: an Observational Study},
  booktitle = {CAOS 2019. The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery},
  editor    = {Patrick Meere and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Health Sciences},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-5305},
  url       = {/publications/paper/wXsk},
  doi       = {10.29007/774f},
  pages     = {384-387},
  year      = {2019}}

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