Development of a mobile APP to promote physical activity in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: the "Move for Knee"™ study protocol.
Sara Liguori, Viviana Andreozzi, Antimo Moretti and 4 others
PMID 40519987WHAT IT FOUND
This is a protocol for a future trial testing a knee osteoarthritis app.
It describes the app's features and planned outcomes but reports no patient data or results, so there is nothing here to change your practice on today.
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What it does not show
The study has not yet been conducted, so no evidence of efficacy or safety is provided. The protocol notes potential limitations for future use, including reduced usability among very elderly or cognitively impaired individuals and reliance on self-reported data which may be biased. Previous studies cited in the protocol reported dropout rates as high as 20%, suggesting adherence may be a challenge in real-world application.
Declared interests
The authors declare that no financial support was received for the research or publication of this article.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this app is proven to work. This paper only describes the plan to test it in a future trial, so there is currently no evidence that it improves pain or function in patients with knee osteoarthritis.