The full-cycle rehabilitation management for orthopedic patients can solve the problems of standardization, systematization, and whole process of orthopaedic rehabilitation management, and prevent short-term and long-term complications. The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University has constructed a full-cycle rehabilitation management platform for orthopedic patients based on multi-source data since 2023, including six modules: multi-source data collection and integration module, intelligent individualized rehabilitation program setting module, and visual rehabilitation training module, and has explored a digitally-driven full-cycle rehabilitation management mode for orthopedic patients. This article elaborates on the platform’s functional design and implementation, full-cycle rehabilitation management mode, and application effectiveness, in order to provide a reference for promoting the integration of mobile health and orthopedic patient rehabilitation practice.
In recent years, the rapid development of information and communication technology, big data, and artificial intelligence has provided technical support for exploring new medical methods, leading to the emergence of digital therapeutics (DTx). At present, the application of DTx in orthopedics is still in the preliminary exploration stage. Therefore, based on the authors’ experience of applying DTx, this article summarizes the definition and formation process of DTx, as well as the relationship among digital health, digital medicine, and DTx, evaluates the working principles and application effects of existing orthopedic related DTx products, analyzes their shortcomings in the application process, and looks forward to their future development trends, aiming to lay a foundation for the comprehensive development and application of DTx in orthopedics.