Wearable Device Guided Exercise for Patients on Total Knee Arthroplasty Wait-list
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Where
- Shatin, Hong KongSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 106 people, planned
- Started
- 10 Nov 2026
- Expected to end
- 30 Jun 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Wearable Device
- Control
- Record updated
- 3 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- end-stage knee osteoarthritis according to European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology
- Radiographic evidence of joint damage
- Significant functional limitations
- Severe knee pain
Who cannot take part
- acute myocardial infraction within previous six weeks
- terminal illness
- Had undergone bilateral TKA,
- exercise contraindication
- chronic immobility
Where in Hong Kong
- Prince of Wales HospitalShatin, Hong KongContact: Tianzhi Jiang, M.ScNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a cost effective solution for people with end-stage knee osteoarthritis. Given Hong Kong's large senior population and age as the primary risk factor for osteoarthritis, waiting times for total knee arthroplasty can reach 30 months. To manage this long wait list, patients would be enrolled to a structured exercise program with group and home based exercise. Currently limited options are available for home based exercise adherence monitoring for TKA patients on the wait-list. This study will assess the effect of wearable device with smartphone application to guide home based exercise among these wait-list patients. The main hypothesis is that the use of wearable device will decrease patient's pain level and improve their physical activity level.
The 2 groups in the trial
- ControlExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants received standardized group and home based intervention with similar measurement time points and exercise prescription as the intervention
- WearableTreatment being tested
Participants received wearable device with complementary smartphone application for exercise monitoring
Treatment: Wearable Device
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- The Application of Wearable Device Guided Pre-operative Exercise Programme for Patients Awaiting Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Record updated
- 3 November 2026