Table 2.
Digital health for PAa interventions in people with knee osteoarthritis.
Study | Population | Design | Intervention | Comparator or comparators | Primary outcome findings | ||||
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Bossen et al [38] | Knee or hip osteoarthritis | Pre or post | Join2Move (fully automated web-based PA program) | 20 | N/Ab | N/A | No improvements in PA or self-perceived effect | ||
Li et al [41] | Knee osteoarthritis | RCTc | Group in-person education+ activity monitor+ telephone counseling | 17 | Same intervention delayed by 1 month | 17 | Greater improvement in moderate to vigorous PA in the intervention vs comparator | ||
Skrepnik et al [36] | Knee osteoarthritis treated with Hylan G-F 20 | RCT | Hyaluronic acid injection+unblinded activity monitor phone app | 107 | Hyaluronic acid injection+blinded activity monitor | 104 | Improvements in mobility in the intervention vs comparator | ||
Bartholdy et al [37] | Knee osteoarthritis | RCT | Motivational SMS text messaging related to PA | 19 | No treatment | 19 | No difference between groups for time spent physically inactive | ||
Zaslavsky et al [39] | Osteoarthritis | Pre or post | Activity monitor, motivational SMS text messaging, telephone coaching, and phone app for feedback | 24 | N/Ab | N/A | Improvements in sleep but not PA from baseline | ||
Allen et al [40] | Knee or hip osteoarthritis | Pre or post | PA screening, coaching phone calls, emails, and phone follow-up | 67 | N/Ab | N/A | No difference in improvement in minutes of moderate to vigorous PA |
aPA: physical activity.
bN/A: not applicable.
cRCT: randomized controlled trial.