Development and Testing of a Tele-rehabilitation System for Adult Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

"In group A: in face to face live therapeutic exercise the program and its progressivity will be determined and performed for life according to the progress of the patient, with a frequency of sessions twice a week, session duration 45 minutes, following the recommended dosage of exercise according to clinical guidelines, while the total duration of the intervention will be eight weeks. You will be instructed to perform the program at home, 3 times a week. The standardized exercise program to be followed by this group will include :~1. Exercises to strengthen the hip and knee muscles through isometric contractions and resistance exercises using elastic bands.~2. Balance and neuromuscular coordination exercises."

In group B: telerehabilitation program, the therapeutic exercise program will follow the same structure, which was mentioned above. The differentiation in the intervention of this group will be that the explanation of the exercises, their presentation, monitoring and information of the participants will be done through the telerehabilitation platform and special data processing software. The intervention time remains the same, with the physical therapist during these 45 minutes of the session , to evaluate the data on the patients progress by receiving the information through the software and to inform the patient of any changes in the progressivity of the exercise program. The other parameters of the intervention remain the same, as in person exercise.