From the Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal (FDC); SWORD Health Technologies, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah (FDC, MM, SL, DC, CC, PC, VB); Orthopaedics Department, Hospital da Prelada-Domingos Braga da Cruz, Porto, Portugal (RS); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas (GF); TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas (GF); Rovisco Pais Medical and Rehabilitation Centre, Tocha, Portugal (JL); and Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal (JL).
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Mar 1;101(3):237-249. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001780.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical impact of a 12-wk home-based digitally assisted rehabilitation program after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair against conventional home-based rehabilitation.
The digital therapy group performed independent technology-assisted sessions complemented with 13 face-to-face sessions, and the conventional therapy group had conventional face-to-face physical therapy (30 sessions). Primary outcome was functional change between baseline and 12 wks, measured through the Constant-Murley score. Secondary outcomes were the change in the QuickDASH Scale and shoulder range of motion.
Fifty participants enrolled; 41 completed the 12-wk program (23 digital therapy group vs. 18 conventional therapy group), and 32 (15 vs. 17) were available for the 12-mo follow-up assessment. No differences were found between groups regarding study endpoints at the end of the 12-wk program. However, follow-up results revealed the superiority of the digital therapy group for QuickDASH (P = 0.043), as well as an interaction between time and group in the Constant-Murley score (P = 0.047) in favor of the digital therapy group.
The results demonstrate that digital therapeutics can be used to achieve similar, if not superior, short- and long-term outcomes as conventional approaches after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, while being far less human resource intensive than conventional care.Level of evidence: II.
本研究旨在评估关节镜肩袖修复术后 12 周家庭数字化辅助康复方案对常规家庭康复的临床影响。
数字治疗组进行独立的技术辅助治疗,辅以 13 次面对面治疗,常规治疗组进行常规的面对面物理治疗(30 次)。主要结局指标为Constant-Murley 评分评估的基线至 12 周的功能变化。次要结局指标为 QuickDASH 量表和肩部活动范围的变化。
共有 50 名参与者入组;41 名完成了 12 周的治疗计划(23 名数字治疗组与 18 名常规治疗组),32 名(15 名与 17 名)可进行 12 个月的随访评估。在 12 周治疗计划结束时,两组在研究终点方面没有差异。然而,随访结果显示,数字治疗组在 QuickDASH 方面具有优势(P = 0.043),并且 Constant-Murley 评分的时间与组之间存在交互作用(P = 0.047),有利于数字治疗组。
结果表明,数字化治疗可以达到与常规方法相似的(如果不是更好的)短期和长期效果,而所需的人力资源却远少于常规治疗。
II 级。