Remote rehabilitation supervision is a new type of rehabilitation mode based on internet technology, and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a new rehabilitation technique for orthopedic diseases. This prospective clinical controlled study focuses on the post-operative patients with ankle joint trauma and aims to clarify the impact of remote rehabilitation supervision combined with ESWT on the postoperative functional recovery and prognosis. The indicators included the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, the American Foot and Ankle Association ankle posterior foot score (AOFAS) for ankle joint function, and the prognostic incidence of osteochondral lesion of the talus (OLT). The patients' complication incidence during the remote rehabilitation was 43.4% (33/76), and the subsequent ESWT could significantly reduce VAS and increase AOFAS in those patients of complication group, while the incidences of VAS, AOFAS, and OLT did not have significantly differences between the complication group and control group (patients without rehabilitation complication) one year after surgery. It indicates that ESWT can significantly improve the pain and joint function, inhibit the occurrence of OLT, as well as enhance recovery of the patients with complications during the recovery period, ultimately making them reach the same rehabilitation outcome as the control group.

extracorporeal shock wave therapy  /  remote rehabilitation supervision  /  rehabilitation after ankle joint surgery  /  rehabilitation assessment  /  rehabilitation complications