Effects of Tele- or In-person Prehabilitation in Candidates Awaiting Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty
NCT ID: NCT02636751
Last Updated: 2016-07-04
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UNKNOWN
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36 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-01-31
2017-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a very common disorder that affects almost every Canadian over 65 years of age. Future estimations indicate the incidence of OA will increase by at least 26% over the next 30 years in Canada. Hip and knee are the most affected joints by OA and these conditions incur important disability. Lower limb OA is initially treated conservatively with therapeutic interventions such as physical activity modification, exercise, weight control, and medication. Surgical interventions such as total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have been proven a treatment of choice for the most severe cases. However, the accessibility to such surgery often comes up against long wait lists, and prolonged wait time may lead to deleterious effects on the health status and quality of life of the awaiting patients.
Prehabilitation refers to education and exercising before a surgery. Attention to prehabilitation has increased in the last decade and a growing body of evidence suggests that it could have a positive effect on postoperative outcomes and may reduce disabilities before and after surgery for a number of conditions. In the context of prehabilitation for TJA, trials have already shown that a rehabilitation exercise program before a TJA could lead to a shorter hospitalisation length of stay, in addition to increased muscle strength and range of motion following a total hip or knee arthroplasty. However, results concerning the longer-term effects of prehabilitation after a TJA tend to be inconsistent and further research is actually needed to better understand the effects of prehabilitation over the post-surgical course.
As the aging population and the constant increase in chronic diseases keep pressuring the healthcare systems worldwide, lack of resources tends to lengthen wait time for surgery like TJA. Long wait times for such medical interventions have a negative impact on pain, function and quality of life. Policymakers have therefore been searching for a care optimisation strategy to improve healthcare accessibility to prehabilitation.
Among the solutions stands the use of technology to help deliver more efficiently rehabilitation services or to improve access to these types of care. Telerehabilitation has gained increased recognition and it is defined as the provision of rehabilitation services at a distance, using information and communication technologies. Previous studies have already shown that telerehabilitation programs are feasible in a home-care setting.
Tousignant et al. demonstrated that a telerehabilitation program was as efficient and less expensive than conventional physiotherapy after a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Bedra et al. qualified as viable a home-based telerehabilitation program after a hip fracture, while Anton et al. demonstrated that a Kinect™-based system can be an adjuvant to physiotherapy after a total hip replacement.
Those programs present good opportunities for optimising the delivery of care in community rehabilitation, especially by increasing the number of patients seen in a single day, by reducing medical costs and travel time, and by providing access to medical care otherwise unavailable in rural areas. However, no study, to our knowledge, analysed the outcome of telerehabilitation before proceeding to a total joint replacement.
This pilot single blind randomized controlled trial aims therefore to evaluate the feasibility and the impact on pain and disabilities of a telerehabilitation prehabilitation program for patients awaiting a total joint (hip or knee) arthroplasty compared to in-person prehabilitation or to usual care. Our hypothesis is that a 12-week prehabilitation program will significantly increase functional mobility and quality of life for the subjects in the experimental groups, but not in the control group.
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE AND RANDOMIZATION
During the baseline evaluation at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Research Center, eligible participants will complete a questionnaire covering sociodemographic status, comorbidities, and medication usage. Patients will be asked to fill in four French validated self-reported questionnaires: the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS-CF), the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC-CF), the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36-CF) and a Global Rating of Change Scale (GRC-CF). Three physical functional performance measures will also be collected: the self-paced walk (SPW), the timed up-and-go (TUG) and timed stair tests (ST). These tests are oriented toward activities of daily living and have been validated with a geriatric population. They are reliable, reproducible, and responsive to change. They also have widely been used for measuring the outcomes of patients undergoing a TJA. An online version of the questionnaires using the Survey Monkey® platform or a paper version will be provided to the participants. Finally, a logbook will be given to the participants. They will be asked to record the exercises executed at home, including the number of series and repetitions, in addition to the medication intake. This logbook will allow a monitoring of the compliance rate to the programs and also the advent of any adverse effects.
Patients will then be randomly assigned to the control group or to one of the two experimental groups. An independent research assistant, blind to the baseline evaluation results, will open the randomization envelope indicating the participant's assignment to a group. A random number generator will be used to establish randomization lists prior to the initiation of the study. A member of the research team, not involved with data collection, will generate the randomization list. Blocked randomization of 6 will be used to make sure that three equal groups of 12 subjects participants are obtained.
Participants will be reassessed at 12 weeks by a blind research assistant, after the completion of the interventions. The same evaluation tools as at baseline will be used, according to a standardized procedure. A satisfaction questionnaire about the telecommunication software experience will be filled by participants and therapists who used a telecommunication software.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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In-person prehabilitation group
The participants in this group will receive a 12-week rehabilitation program (2x/week) including, education, stretching, strengthening, proprioceptive exercises of the lower limb and cardiovascular training using low-impact activities, in addition to walking aid adjustment. General information about pain control, such as ice application and medication usage will also be provided
12-week prehabilitation program
stretching, strengthening, proprioceptive exercises of the lower limb and cardiovascular training using low-impact activities
Walking aid adjustment
Walking aid adjustment
Information about pain control
General information about pain control, such as ice application and medication usage
Tele-prehabilitation group
The participants in this group will receive a 12-week rehabilitation program (2x/week) including, education, stretching, strengthening, proprioceptive exercises of the lower limb and cardiovascular training using low-impact activities, in addition to walking aid adjustment using a telecommunication software (Reacts®, Facetime® or Skype®). General information about pain control, such as ice application and medication usage will also be provided.
12-week prehabilitation program
stretching, strengthening, proprioceptive exercises of the lower limb and cardiovascular training using low-impact activities
Walking aid adjustment
Walking aid adjustment
Information about pain control
General information about pain control, such as ice application and medication usage
Usual care group
The participants in this group will be provided with the hospital's usual documentation before total joint arthroplasties, consisting of information regarding the pre- and post-surgery course and medication.
Walking aid adjustment
Walking aid adjustment
Information about pain control
General information about pain control, such as ice application and medication usage
Interventions
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12-week prehabilitation program
stretching, strengthening, proprioceptive exercises of the lower limb and cardiovascular training using low-impact activities
Walking aid adjustment
Walking aid adjustment
Information about pain control
General information about pain control, such as ice application and medication usage
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Waiting for a TKA or a THA
3. Suffering from severe OA of hip or knee
4. Quebec resident covered by the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (Quebec public healthcare insurance)
5. Speaks French
6. Has a high-speed internet connection.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Scheduled for a bilateral surgery
3. Has had a lower limb surgery in the past 6 months
4. Scheduled for a revision of a previous TKA or THA
5. Planned for a wide acetabular head hip prosthesis or a hip articular resurfacing
6. Receiving a compensation from Quebec Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (government insurer for workers and employers)
7. Suffering from a severe psychiatric neurologic or cardiac disorder, or other types of disorders that could interfere with the rehabilitation program.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
OTHER
Université de Montréal
OTHER
Responsible Party
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François Desmeules
Professor, School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal
Principal Investigators
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François Desmeules, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
CIUSSS Centre-Est-de-l"île-de-Montréal, Installation Maisonneuve-Rosemont Research Center
Locations
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CIUSSS Centre-est-de-l'île-de-Montréal - Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Patrick Doiron-Cadrin, B.Sc.
Role: CONTACT
Véronique Lowry, M.Sc.
Role: CONTACT
References
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Doiron-Cadrin P, Kairy D, Vendittoli PA, Lowry V, Poitras S, Desmeules F. Feasibility and preliminary effects of a tele-prehabilitation program and an in-person prehablitation program compared to usual care for total hip or knee arthroplasty candidates: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Disabil Rehabil. 2020 Apr;42(7):989-998. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1515992. Epub 2019 Jan 13.
Doiron-Cadrin P, Kairy D, Vendittoli PA, Lowry V, Poitras S, Desmeules F. Effects of a tele-prehabilitation program or an in-person prehabilitation program in surgical candidates awaiting total hip or knee arthroplasty: Protocol of a pilot single blind randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2016 Oct 5;4:192-198. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2016.10.001. eCollection 2016 Dec 15.
Other Identifiers
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DOIP2015
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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