A review of wearable motion tracking systems used in rehabilitation following hip and knee replacement
Author(s)
Bahadori, Shayan
Immins, Tikki
Wainwright, Thomas W
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Clinical teams are under increasing pressure to facilitate early hospital discharge for total hip replacement and total knee replacement patients following surgery. A wide variety of wearable devices are being marketed to assist with rehabilitation following surgery. A review of wearable devices was undertaken to assess the evidence supporting their efficacy in assisting rehabilitation following total hip replacement and total knee replacement. A search was conducted using the electronic databases including Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, PsycARTICLES, and PubMed of studies from January 2000 to October 2017. Five studies met the eligibility criteria, and all used an accelerometer and a gyroscope for their technology. A review of the studies found very little evidence to support the efficacy of the technology, although they show that the use of the technology is feasible. Future work should establish which wearable technology is most valuable to patients, which ones improve patient outcomes, and the most economical model for deploying the technology.
Date Issued
2018
Date Acceptance
2018-03-28
Citation
Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 2018, 5, pp.1-8
ISSN
2055-6683
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering
Volume
5
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2018.
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License URL
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055668318771816
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-06-18