Case Study

Clinical Trial in Reuth Medical Center

Effect of telerehabilitation on mobility in people after hip surgery

Details

Provider Name: Reuth Medical Center | Tel-Aviv University
Date: Jan 2018
Website: http://www.reuth.org/index.asp?id=2366 | https://english.tau.ac.il

Effect of telerehabilitation on mobility in people after hip surgery
Evaluate the effects of WizeCare Connect™ on walking and balance in people after hip surgery, and compare this exercise approach to a control group receiving the conventional home exercise program.

Objective

Evaluate the effects of WizeCare Connect™ on walking and balance in people after hip surgery, and compare this exercise approach to a control group receiving the conventional home exercise program.

Participants received 18 training sessions (6 weeks, 3 sessions/week) of either the WizeCare Connect™ application (n=15) or an exercise booklet that was given by the clinician from the outpatient unit (n=17). WizeCare Connect™ provided video-based exercises and a video platform.

Results

Participants in the WizeCare group improved significantly in 5 out of 6 mobility outcome measures. The largest improvements in this telerehabilitation group were demonstrated in the 2-minute walk test (86.1%) and walking speed (65.6%). Participants in the WizeCare group continued to improve during the follow-up period in all six outcome measures, while those who participated in the control group improved in only one outcome measure.

The article is available here: https://journals.lww.com/intjrehabilres/Citation/2018/09000/Effect_of_telerehabilitation_on_mobility_in_people.9.aspx

The Results

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2 MIN WALK IMPROVEMENT

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WALKING SPEED IMPROVEMENT

Virtual PT sessions in average

Weeks tele rehabilitation program