Person-Centred Digital Rehabilitation for Knee Osteoarthritis

Trial details

Who runs it

Mälardalen University

Trial code

NCT07875647

Record updated

15 October 2026

Original description

This study aims to improve our understanding of how people with knee osteoarthritis think about, regulate, and adapt their physical activity while participating in Joint Academy's digital osteoarthritis programme for knee osteoarthritis. The study will investigate how understanding of the regulation of physical activity, psychological factors, and patterns of daily activity are related to participation in rehabilitation and changes in physical function over time. By gaining a better understanding of how people experience and manage physical activity in the context of knee osteoarthritis, we hope to improve the knee osteoarthritis programme and support rehabilitation that is better tailored to individual needs.Read full original descriptionShow less

Person-centred and Information-driven Physiotherapy for Sustainable Behaviour Change in a Digital Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation

This study aims to improve our understanding of how people with knee osteoarthritis think about, regulate, and adapt their physical activity while participating in Joint Academy's digital osteoarthritis programme for knee osteoarthritis. The study will investigate how understanding of the regulation of physical activity, psychological factors, and patterns of daily activity are related to participation in rehabilitation and changes in physical function over time. By gaining a better understanding of how people experience and manage physical activity in the context of knee osteoarthritis, we hope to improve the knee osteoarthritis programme and support rehabilitation that is better tailored to individual needs.

Inclusion: The study will include adults with a confirmed diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis who are enrolled in Joint Academy's digital rehabilitation programme. Inclusion and exclusion criteria follow Joint Academy's established clinical routines, which align with those used in the Swedish national Better Management of Patients with Osteoarthritis (BOA) programme. Participants must meet the standard clinical criteria for knee osteoarthritis and must not be assessed as requiring a physical examination or further diagnostic investigation. Because the intervention is delivered through a mobile application, participants must have access to a smartphone or tablet with internet connectivity and be comfortable using digital technology to follow the exercise programme, communicate with physiotherapists, and access educational materials.

Exclusion: Participants meeting any of the following exclusion criteria applied by Joint Academy's digital osteoarthritis programme will not be eligible for inclusion:; Another serious primary condition is judged to be the main cause of the participant's symptoms (e.g., cancer, inflammatory joint disease, neurological disease, or persistent disability following hip fracture); Physical exercise is contraindicated. Another health condition currently causes more severe symptoms than the knee condition for which treatment is sought (e.g., chronic widespread pain or fibromyalgia); Age below 18 years. Inability to understand or communicate in Swedish or English; In addition, individuals will be excluded from the research project if they:; Have cognitive or intellectual impairments that prevent the provision of informed consent; Have disabilities or medical conditions that substantially limit independent performance of daily activities; Have speech, visual, or hearing impairments that cannot be adequately compensated for by assistive devices and therefore prevent participation in data collection or, where applicable, qualitative interviews.

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