Automated Hovering for Joint Replacement Surgery

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Conditions studied: Joint Disease

In brief

This will evaluate the effectiveness of automated hovering to encourage patients to be discharged to home after hip or knee replacement surgery. Automated hovering includes monitoring of physical activity with an activity monitor, tracking of pain scores, daily feedback and motivational messages, social influence, and connection to clinicians as needed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03435549

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

300

Starts

2018-02-07

Expected to finish

2019-04-12

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Eligibility Criteria: University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) patients between the ages of 18-85 with a Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) of 6-8 and scheduled to undergo primary lower-extremity joint replacement surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded if they do not meet all of the inclusion criteria, or if they have bilateral or revision surgery, dementia, end stage renal disease, cirrhosis, metastatic cancer, non- English speaker, or other physical impairment (ex. amputation)

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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