Section 2 State of the Art

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**Chapter 2**

**Abstract**

Toward a Design of a

Arthroplasty Patients

*Jonathan Baldeon and Sophia Ortiz*

physical therapy, functional recovery

benefitting both users and healthcare professionals.

**1. Introduction**

Telerehabilitation Program for the

Telerehabilitation uses new information and communication technologies as an instrument to ensure a distant rehabilitation service. Patients who underwent hip replacement surgery are an excellent case study for the application of this technology. Post-surgical rehabilitation guidelines for hip arthroplasty are well known, and the correct application has a positive effect on the patients' prognosis. However, there are no complementary guidelines for physical therapy that could be used at a distance by patients through a computer platform. This chapter presents a systematic review about conventional physical therapy programs for hip arthroplasty. Based on this review, we proposed therapeutic exercises adapted to a low cost web-platform. In order to reach this objective we will present a brief review of the total hip arthroplasty, telemedicine, telerehabilitation and conventional physical therapy approaches.

**Keywords:** systematic review, telerehabilitation, web-platform, hip arthroplasty,

The technological advances and the greater access to knowledge networks have generated new treatment prototypes in the health field. An ongoing technological possibility that could complement the conventional physical therapy treatment is the telerehabilitation (TR) application. TR uses new information and communication technologies as an instrument to ensure a distant rehabilitation service. In addition, this tool optimizes recovery time and saves expenses in health services,

The implementation of this technology is supported by: (i) health personnel; (ii) the impact on the patient's budget and the health system (lessening the number of medical appointments and therapy sessions, decreasing the time of hospitalization, and trips to the hospital); (iii) the expansion of medical care to distant or low-income populations; and (iv) the empowerment of the patient in the rehabilitation process. Patients who underwent hip replacement surgery are an excellent case study for the application of this technology. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) involves replacing the skeletal surfaces of the hip joint (femoral head and acetabulum).

Functional Recovery in Post-Hip

*Wilmer Esparza, Arian Ramón Aladro-Gonzalvo,* 
