virtual physical therapy

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), The Global Leader in Orthopedics, Launches Newco Targeting $380B National Musculoskeletal Health Burden

October 26, 2022

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center specializing in musculoskeletal health, today announced a $21M Series A to launch RightMove Powered by HSS™, an independent for-profit company, whose mission is to make high quality, patient-focused virtual musculoskeletal physical therapy available to all Americans. […]

Virtual physical therapy may improve function, patient satisfaction after TKA

June 14, 2022

(Orthopedics Today) – Results showed patients who utilized a virtual physical therapy program after total knee arthroplasty had similar outcomes, but significant cost and time savings, compared with patients who used a formal physical therapy program. […]

Virtual physical therapy: A new horizon in ambulatory arthroplasty recovery

May 10, 2022

(MedCity News) – Discovering that a well-supported, evidence-based virtual physical therapy program produces the same functional and patient-reported outcomes as outpatient physical therapy—even for ambulatory TKA procedures—is a game-changer. […]

SWORD Health closes on $85 million Series C for virtual MSK care

June 30, 2021

(TechCrunch) – SWORD Health, a virtual musculoskeletal care platform founded in 2015, announced today that it has raised an $85 million Series C funding round led by General Catalyst. […]

Study finds promise in digital programs for treating knee pain

February 24, 2021

(MedCity News) – A randomized, controlled study published in JAMA Open found that patients who engaged in a virtual physical therapy program saw a greater reduction in knee pain than those who continued with their usual care plan at home. […]

Virtual physical therapy after knee replacement brings similar outcomes, lower costs

January 26, 2020

A virtual system for in-home physical therapy (PT) provides good outcomes for patients undergoing rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) – with lower costs than traditional in-person PT, reports a study in the January 15, 2020 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. […]