Understanding and predicting recovery in patients undergoing total knee replacement

Development of an advanced clinical decision-making support tool for the delivery of efficient, personalised rehabilitation for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12619001000190

Acronym

SuPeR Knee

Enrollment

1148

Registered

2019-07-15

Start date

2019-11-04

Completion date

2022-06-10

Last updated

2023-05-22

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Rehabilitation is an important factor that improves recovery from total knee arthroplasty (knee replacement surgery). However, no clinical guidelines currently exist to inform recovery pathways following surgery, likely due to the lack of evidence to suggest who may benefit from rehabilitation, when and where this service should be delivered, and what services should be provided. This has led to an inconsistent approach to rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to develop a recovery pathways stratification tool based on a comprehensive evaluation of individual patient data, including physical performance assessments and physical, social, and mental health evaluations. Ultimately this tool will allow a personalised approach to refer patients to rehabilitation pathways based on their own needs and circumstances.

Interventions

Intervention: Total knee arthroplasty Patients will provide written consent to take part in this study. Patients will complete health and psycho-social questionnaires and take part in physical assessments prior to surgery and three months post-surgery. Additional demographic and medical information will be extracted from health records. Observation will take place at 2 time points: Around 4 weeks prior to surgery and then again at 3 months post surgery.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ability to complete the patient reported outcome measures (questionnaires), • Undergoing primary total knee replacement (bilateral or unilateral)

Exclusion criteria

• Having primary total knee replacement due to trauma • Previous knee surgery within the past 6 months • Planned knee surgery within the next 12 months • Not having the capacity to provide informed consent to the research.

Outcome results