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General Orthopaedics

PASSIVE DATA COLLECTION ACROSS THE SIX-WEEK EPISODE OF CARE: THE NEXT EVOLUTION IN CONTEMPORARY PATIENT OUTCOME MONITORING IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) meeting, Emerging Technologies in Arthroplasty (ETA), held online, 15 May 2021.



Abstract

Introduction

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of passively collecting objective data from a commercially available smartphone-based care management platform (sbCMP) and robotic assisted total knee arthroplasty (raTKA).

Methods

Secondary data analysis was performed using de-identified data from a commercial database that collected metrics from a sbCMP combined with intraoperative data collection from raTKA. Patients were included in this analysis if they underwent unilateral raTKA between July 2020 and February 2021, and were prescribed the sbCMP (n=131). The population consisted of 76 females and 55 males, with a mean age of 64 years (range, 43 – 81). Pre-operative through six-week post-operative data included step counts from the sbCMP, as well as administration of the KOOS JR. Intraoperative data included surgical times, the hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA), and medial and lateral laxity assessments from the robotic assessment. Data are presented using descriptive statistics. Comparisons were performed using a paired samples t-test, or Wilcoxon Signed-rank test, with significance assessed at p<0.05. A minimal detectable change (MDC) in the KOOS JR score was considered ½ standard deviation of the preoperative values.

Results

KOOS JR scores improved from a preoperative mean of 51.5 ± 11.5 to a 6-week postoperative mean of 64 ± 10.04 (p<0.001). An MDC of 5.75 units was achieved. Step counts decreased initially and returned to preoperative values by week 6 (Figure 1, p=0.196). When evaluating time requirements from landmarking to completed surgical cuts, the median surgical time was 40.2 minutes (IQR, 29.4 – 52.0). The median absolute deformity for HKA preoperatively was 6.9 degrees (IQR, 4.1 – 10.1) and the final intraoperative median HKA was 0.9 degrees (IQR, 0.1 – 3, p<0.001). There was a difference in medial and lateral joint laxity in flexion and extension at the initial intraoperative evaluation (p<0.01). At the final evaluation there was no difference in medial and lateral joint laxity in extension (p=0.239); however, a slight difference in flexion was noted (p=0.001). Given the median values of 1.2mm (0.8 – 2.4) medially vs. 1.4mm (0.9 – 3) laterally, this difference is not likely clinically relevant. Patients who had <1 mm of medial laxity in flexion had significantly fewer step counts at week 6 post-operatively (p=0.035). There was no difference in KOOS JR scores associated with tightness (p>0.05).

Discussion

The use of passively collected objective measures in a commercial database across the episode of care was feasible and demonstrated associations between intraoperative and post-operative metrics. To our knowledge, this is the first integrated data collection and reporting platform to report on these measures in a commercial population. Future research is needed in order to understand the benefit of displaying these metrics, as well as the role of variations in alignment and gap balance on function.

Conclusions

Contemporary data platforms may be used to improve the understanding of individual recovery paths through real-time passive data collection throughout the episode of care.

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