Home PT vs FORCE PT

Unsupervised Home Exercise With and Without a Web-based Recovery Platform as Compared to Traditional Outpatient Physiotherapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02911389

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2016-09-22

Start date

2016-03-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-09-22

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if unsupervised, home rehabilitation delivered by a web-based platform or paper manual is a safe and effective alternative to outpatient physical therapy after total knee replacement.

Interventions

OTHERHome PT via web-based platform

OTHERHome PT via paper manual

OTHERoutpatient PT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1\. Any patient undergoing unilateral, primary TKA

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients without access to the Internet 2. Patients without access to outpatient PT 3. Revision or conversion TKA 4. Patients discharged to a rehabilitation unit or other form of respite care such as a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation center, convalescent home, long-term care facility or nursing home.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Knee Range of Motion	1 month post surgery	Measured in degrees from 0-130

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026