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AI-Powered app may cut hospital stays after knee surgery
NCT ID NCT07502040
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an AI-based exercise app (Kemtai) can help people recover faster after total knee replacement surgery. The app tracks your movements and gives real-time feedback, unlike the standard paper handout. Researchers will measure how long people stay in the hospital and how many physiotherapy visits they need. The study involves 40 adults scheduled for knee replacement at two UK hospitals.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Kemtai digital app (AI-based motion tracking exercise programme)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help people recover faster after knee replacement surgery with less need for in-person physiotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The app requires a compatible device and internet access, which could limit use.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults aged ≥18 years. 2. Referred to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust t for Knee Arthroplasty at either Castle Hill Hospital or Goole District Hospital and has access to pre operative resources offered by the joint school physiotherapists. 3. Has access to a device which is compatible with the operational requirements of the Kemtai programme. 4. Able to give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: • Significant comorbid physical or mental illness considered by the investigator to either: prevent engagement in modified exercise; impair the participants ability to follow instructions place the participant at undue risk during exercise training adversely affect the recovery or rehabilitation trajectory * Patients already involved in an exercise or rehabilitation study will be excluded from this study. * Unwilling or unable to consent or complete study measures. * Has insufficient understanding of English or the languages that are supported by the Kemtai programme and does not have someone who can translate. * Is a prisoner * Has had a total hip replacement within the previous 6 months. * Is attending for revision of a previous knee replacement * Is having a knee replacement due to a tumour * Lacks visual acuity sufficient to follow stimuli on monitor or has someone who can give necessary verbal prompts * Severe genu varum or genu valgum deformity which precludes the ability to exercise using the Kemtai programme.
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