Effectiveness of telerehabilitation applied to osteoarthritis:a Meta-analysis
LIU Huifen
SUN Wenyu
JIANG Xiaoyu
CHEN Qiang
CHEN Boyu
BI Hongyan
Abstract：Objective To assess the effectiveness of telerehabilitation in the treatment of osteoarthritis(OA).Methods A literature search about the treatment of OA with telerehabilitation was conducted on several databases,namely,the Cochrane Library,PubMed,Web of Science,Embase,SinoMed,CNKI,Wanfang Data,and VIP.RevMan 5.4 was used for analysis.Results Twelve studies involving 1 629 participants were included.Compared to the control group,telerehabilitation group had significantly lower mean post-intervention pain score[SMD=-0.21,95% CI(-0.35,-0.07),P=0.003]and stiffness score[MD=-12.51,95% CI(-20.87,-4.15),P=0.003],as well as much higher 6-month post-intervention mean physical function score[MD=-2.95,95% CI(-5.01,-0.89),P=0.005]and self-efficacy score[MD=0.38,95% CI(0.19,0.58),P＜0.001].Conclusion In OA patients,the use of telerehabilitation can effectively alleviate pain and stiffness symptoms,but the improvement of physical function and self-efficacy score needs a long-term treatment.
Keywords：telerehabilitationosteoarthritispainstiffnessphysical functionself-efficacyMeta-analysis
Publication Date：2023-10-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 818-823 )