NCT06363643

Lower Limb Arthroplasty: Effects of a Tele Prehabilitation Program With Indirect Electrostimulation.

Not yet recruiting NA Last updated 12 April 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing ELECTROSTIMULATION (ES) in Osteo Arthritis Knee and Hip in 44 participants. Not yet recruiting.

Timeline

22 April 2024

Primary endpoint
26 July 2024

26 July 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Pavia
Phase	NA
Status	Not yet recruiting
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	44
Start date	22 April 2024
Primary completion	26 July 2024
Estimated completion	26 July 2024
Sites	1 location across Italy

Drugs / interventions tested

• ELECTROSTIMULATION (ES)
• EXERCISE (C)

Conditions studied

• Osteo Arthritis Knee and Hip — all drugs for Osteo Arthritis Knee and Hip →
• Lower Limb Arthroplasty — all drugs for Lower Limb Arthroplasty →

Sponsor

University of Pavia

Who can join

Adults 55 to 80, any sex, with Osteo Arthritis Knee and Hip or Lower Limb Arthroplasty. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Preoperative fitness is known to predict postoperative outcomes following lower limb arthroplasty, but many patients, especially the most fragile, arrive at surgery with reduced mobility and functional capacity.

Prehabilitation (Prehab) encompasses a series of interventions that are intended to help patients improve their physical state and psychological well-being pre-intervention to reduce the days of hospitalization and the number of post-operative complications. Patients who participate in Prehab require less postoperative care and consequently have less impact on the cost of the healthcare system. However, adherence to a face-to-face program is usually poor and presents both organizational and psychophysical barriers. In the last years, telerehabilitation has proven to be a viable alternative to face-to-face treatment and has already been adopted for the Prehab. Electrostimulation (ESM) is regularly used successfully in clinical settings for the recovery of muscle tone in patients with orthopedic pathologies. In addition, it has already been used for Prehab, showing an increase in muscle strength and a decrease in postoperative hospital stay following knee arthroplasty. Also Exercise offers benefits in the treatment of orthopedic patients because improve: strength, cardiovascular fitness, functional capacities and quality of life. Therefore, in a group of patients who are candidates for elective lower limb arthroplasty surgery, it was decided to evaluate the effects of a Tele Prehab program, based on the ESM, and compare them with those of an Tele Prehab exercise program, equal in dose and duration. The proposal differs from those present in the literature for complete administration in telerehabilitation, including evaluations.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Effects of a Tele-Prehabilitation Program with Indirect Electrostimulation Compared to Home-Based Exercise in Patients Eligible for Lower Limb Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Patanè P, Carnevale Pellino V, Febbi M, Cavallo C, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40004886 · DOI 10.3390/jcm14041356