Table 1 Basic characteristics of the included studies (n = 13)
First author | Year | Country | Number of original studies (sample size) | Research type | Intervening measure | Comparison intervention | Outcome | Quality evaluation tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McKeon, et al. [18] | 2021 | America | 28 (6418) | RCT | Tele-rehabilitation | Face-to-face rehabilitation | WOMAC, KOOS, TUGT, satisfaction,cost | Not specified |
McDonnell, et al. [19] | 2022 | Ireland | 11 (1054) | RCT | Video-conferencing | Face-to-face rehabilitation | Satisfaction,VAS, WOMAC,TUGT | Cochrane bias risk assessment tool |
Jansson, et al. [20] | 2022 | Finland | 9 (1266) | RCT | Tele-rehabilitation | Face-to-face outpatient treatment | Joint flexion and extension, TUGT, VAS, life quality,WOMAC, KOOS | JBI randomized controlled trial evaluation tool |
Jiang, et al. [26] | 2018 | China | 4 (422) | RCT | Tele-rehabilitation | Face-to-face rehabilitation | VAS, WOMAC, active buckling and extension | Jadad scale |
Gazendam, et al. [27] | 2022 | Canada | 9 (835) | RCT | Virtual reality rehabilitation | Face-to-face rehabilitation | VAS, WOMAC, KOOS, cost | Cochrane risk assessment tool |
Wang, et al. [30] | 2021 | Australia | 11 (1020) | RCT | Internet rehabilitation | Face-to-face outpatient rehabilitation, home visits or routine care | Pain, knee flexion and extension, quality of life, satisfaction | JBI randomized controlled trial evaluation tool |
Jing, et al. [21] | 2019 | China | 6 (601) | RCT | Tele-rehabilitation | Routine outpatient physical therapy or home visit | WOMAC, joint flexion and extension, VAS, KOOS, TUGT | Cochrane Manual 5.1.0 |
Wang, et al. [23] | 2019 | Australia | 21 (2188) | RCT | Tele-rehabilitation | Routine care | VAS, TUGT, WOMAC, life quality | PEDro scale |
Tsang, et al. [24] | 2022 | China | 11 (1825) | RCT | Tele-rehabilitation | Standard rehabilitation therapy | VAS, WOMAC, KOOS, cost, adverse event | PEDro scale |
Peng, et al. [28] | 2021 | China | 8 (805) | RCT | Virtual reality rehabilitation | Standard rehabilitation therapy | VAS, WOMAC, TUGT, life quality | PEDro scale |
Blasco, et al. [29] | 2021 | Spain | 6 (312) | RCT, case–control study | Virtual reality rehabilitation | Standard rehabilitation therapy | Pain, patient satisfaction | PEDro scale |
Shukla, et al. [25] | 2017 | India | 6 (408) | RCT, observational study | Tele-rehabilitation | Conventional rehabilitation | Active knee flexion and extension, VAS, life quality | Cochrane bias risk tool |
Yoo, et al. [22] | 2022 | Korea | 9 (230) | RCT, prospective study | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Usual care | VAS | Cochrane bias risk tool, NOS scale |