Optimizing Total Knee Arthroplasty Rehabilitation with Telehealth Physical Activity Behavior Change Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Cory L ChristiansenPaul W KlineChelsey B AndersonEdward L MelansonWilliam J SullivanVanessa L RichardsonElizabeth Juarez-ColungaJennifer E Stevens-Lapsley

Published in: Physical therapy (2024)

Conventional TKA rehabilitation has a negligible effect on free-living physical activity, which is relevant to long-term health outcomes. This trial identified telehealth physical activity self-management as effective in addressing activity behaviors, separate from conventional rehabilitation strategies.

Keyphrases

physical activity
total knee arthroplasty
body mass index
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
study protocol
sleep quality
depressive symptoms