NCT04644640

Telerehabilitation Following Meniscectomy

Completed NA Last updated 3 May 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Telerehabilitation Therapy in Meniscectomy in 60 participants. Completed in 1 April 2023.

Timeline

11 November 2020

Primary endpoint
30 August 2021

1 April 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	NYU Langone Health
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	60
Start date	11 November 2020
Primary completion	30 August 2021
Estimated completion	1 April 2023
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Telerehabilitation Therapy
• In-person Rehabilitation Therapy

Conditions studied

• Meniscectomy — all drugs for Meniscectomy →

Sponsor

NYU Langone Health — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 18 to 75, any sex, with Meniscectomy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Telerehabilitation is a form of tele-treatment in which rehabilitation services are dispensed at patients' home utilizing video telecommunication services with real-time synchronous exchange of information. Since telerehabilitation was found to be equally effective as conventional therapy, it was being practiced even before the COVID times, however it was truly valuable during the lockdown. The advantages of telerehabilitation include reducing unnecessary travel to the hospital and person to person contact while maintaining social distancing. While some of the patients are truly staying at remote areas, others are unable to manage travel in the lockdown period. Telemedicine offers the opportunity to deliver rehabilitative services in the patients' home, closing geographic, physical, and motivational gaps. Punctuality on either side is also assured since the travel times are saved on both the ends.

The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate telerehabilitation vs in-person rehabilitation following Meniscectomy.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Despite Equivalent Clinical Outcomes, Patients Report Less Satisfaction With Telerehabilitation Versus Standard In-Office Rehabilitation After Arthroscopic Meniscectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Mojica ES, Vasavada K, Hurley ET, Lin CC, et al · · 2023 · cited 4× · PMID 37101883 · DOI 10.1016/j.asmr.2023.01.006