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About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the rehabilitation by use of a smartphone-app with the usual care of physical therapy in patients, 60 years and older, who underwent a primary shoulder arthroplasty.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* is the outcome of rehabilitation with the app as good as the usual care? * is the outcome for both types of shoulder arthroplasty similar? * what is the usability of the app?.

Participants will

* have treatment according to the group they are allocated to * fill in questionnaires at specific moments during the rehabilitation stage (0 - 3 months ) and at 1 year post-surgery

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

60 years and older

primary total shoulder arthroplasty (anatomical and reverse)

osteoarthritis, cuff tear arthropathy, pseudoparalysis

return home after discharge from hospital

Disqualifiers

revision arthroplasty

arthroplasty for fracture or tumor

neurological disease (parkinson, stroke, ...)

no access to smartphone, tablet or internet connectivity

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • APP
  • PHYSICAL THERAPY

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

1
Ghent University Hospital9000, Ghent Belgium

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital, Ghent

Lead sponsor

University Ghent

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov