Objective monitoring of OA rehabilitation using body worn sensors
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Objective monitoring of rehabilitation exercises prescribed following total knee replacement surgery using body worn sensors: Motion Lab Setting.
IRAS ID
212042
Contact name
Catherine Holt
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff Univeristy
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 30 days
Research summary
This study forms part of a larger project, Adaptive assistive rehabilitative technology; Beyond the clinic (AART-BC). AART-BC aims to understand to what extent people use their assistive devices in their everyday life (i.e. the number and duration of bouts while using the devices) and how well they adhere to rehabilitative therapies which have been prescribed to them. This study forms part of the adherence to rehabilitative therapies strand of the larger AART-BC project.
People with joint problems such as knee osteoarthritis are commonly prescribed rehabilitation exercises by physiotherapists to reduce pain, help improve mobility and prepare for surgical treatment. For the exercises to be effective, it is important that they are performed in the right way. However, it is often challenging to understand how people are actually performing the exercises outside of the clinic during their daily routine and without supervision.
This research project seeks to explore whether devices worn on the body can be used to help understand how people with knee OA perform their prescribed exercises following TKR surgery. The body worn devices used within this research will monitor the way a person’s body moves and how their muscles work whilst performing rehabilitation exercises typically prescribed to those who have recently undergone a TKR. This information could help physiotherapists, biomedical engineers and orthopaedic surgeons to identify why particular exercises do or do not get the anticipated patient benefit. In the future, this has the potential to help patients to perform their exercises correctly and improve patient satisfaction associated with their treatment.
REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
16/WA/0384
Date of REC Opinion
18 Jan 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion