Using smartphone step counts to monitor patients with total hip arthroplasty: The impact of patients’ living arrangements and residential location
Living arrangements and residential locations were associated with daily step counts before and after THA. Patients in urban areas had higher step counts after the initiation of step-count monitoring and during the early postoperative period. Solitary patients walked more than cohabiting patients. Our findings underscore the utility of smartphone step counts as objective outcome measures for patient assessment and encouraging healthier behavioral changes.
Authors
- Yasuharu Nakashima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6692-982X)
- Goro Motomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-8202)
- Satoshi Yamate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-1917)
- Satoshi Hamai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-2539)
- Toshiki Konishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6990-5276)
- Takahiro Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8586-784X)
- Yuki Nakao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3852-2604)
Institutions
- Kyushu University (JP)
- National Kyushu Medical Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326338
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science