Total Knee Arthroplasty
Conditions
Keywords
Total Knee Arthroplasty, steps, rehabilitation, activity tracker
Brief summary
This study aims to estimated the change of the steps of daily life of osteoarthritis patients before and in 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) through a kind of activity tracker: Fitbit ONE.
Detailed description
A total of 100 participants who will receive total knee arthroplasty will be recruited in this study. Fitbit ONE, the activity tracker, will be used for all of them to monitor the daily steps during the rehabilitation, to be exact, before and at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after TKA. Moreover, pain score, self reported questionnaire will also be estimated at those time points.
Interventions
Activity tracker, Fitbit One, will be used for a week to evaluate the steps of daily life before the surgery and at the time of follow up.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Ready to receive single-side TKA
Exclusion criteria
* contraindication of surgery * self-reported diseases that cause lower limb disability (for example, cerebrovascular disease especially stroke)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The change of steps of daily life | before operation and 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after operation | steps |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The change of pain score | before operation and 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after operation | Visual Analogue Scale of pain is a scale to estimate pain, and its score ranges from 0 to 10. The higher the score is, the more severe pain the patient is feeling. |
| The change of knee joint symptoms. | before operation and 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after operation | The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC),and its score ranges from 0 to 96. The higher the score is, the more severe symptoms the patient is feeling. |