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In China, orthopedic diagnosis and treatment technology is changing rapidly, but the level of functional recovery of patients after surgery still needs to be improved. The integrated treatment program of "from surgery to rehabilitation" has become a subject of constant efforts in the medical field.

The reporter was informed on the 22nd that the world's well-known sports medicine equipment companies and Chinese digital therapy companies to carry out strategic cooperation, the two sides will accelerate digital innovation, all-round exploration of "pre-operation-intraoperative-postoperative" perioperative management of the overall solution.

Smith & Nephew Medical Products International Trading (Shanghai) Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as: Smith & Nephew) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Reaction Medical Management Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as: Reaction Medical). The two sides hope to take this opportunity to advocate the "function first" treatment concept of sports medicine, promote the transformation of experiential and contoured postoperative rehabilitation standards to digital, precise and personalized, and strive to promote the establishment of industry quantitative standards, so that artificial intelligence remote rehabilitation in the field of sports medicine gradually popularized.

It is understood that orthopedic surgery and postoperative rehabilitation are complementary. At present, the orthopedics and rehabilitation departments in most hospitals in China do not achieve synergistic treatment. Postoperative rehabilitation of patients, there are still a series of challenges, such as: in the existing treatment system, due to various reasons, it is difficult for patients to get personalized and professional rehabilitation guidance; However, the patients who lack the rehabilitation concept often have unsatisfactory functional recovery because they do not receive rehabilitation treatment in time. These questions have long plagued clinicians and patients alike.

In fact, orthopedic rehabilitation is not only a variety of postoperative rehabilitation training, preoperative rehabilitation intervention and postoperative functional recovery are equally important. Hu Hai, Managing Director of Smith & Nephew Greater China, said: "At present, the wave of digital innovation is unstoppable, and digital innovation is constantly reshaping and driving the development of the healthcare industry. We hope that through this forward-looking cooperation, we can integrate new technologies of digital medicine and artificial intelligence, and promote the continuous development of rehabilitation medicine in China."

Zhao Qingyi, CEO of Reactivity Medical, said that Smith & Hui has a very deep understanding of the needs of doctors and patients in surgery, reactivity Medical focuses on musculoskeletal digital therapy, and the cooperation between the two sides will combine professional surgical programs and rehabilitation programs, and will form an integrated sports medicine overall solution for the benefit of patients.

In the interview, the reporter learned that the traditional rehabilitation treatment largely relies on the experience of medical personnel to make judgments, and lacks data and quantifiable system standards. The effectiveness of rehabilitation also depends on the level of personal experience of the rehabilitator and is often uneven. At the same time, the lack and uneven distribution of professional rehabilitation resources also affect the standard and accessibility of rehabilitation to a large extent.

Liu Resheng, secretary-general of the digital Therapy Committee of the China Medical Device Industry Association, pointed out that the data and standardized rehabilitation services will break the limitations of the traditional rehabilitation treatment model by the lack of professionals and limited scope of service. Remote real-time tracking and recording of patients' disease course and rehabilitation data ensures the integrity and coherence of important data, and assists doctors to better carry out diagnosis and treatment and data research. For patients, integrated treatment can reduce rehabilitation costs, reduce time costs, and improve spatial convenience. At the same time, it also ensures the outcome of the operation, greatly reducing the poor surgical effect and the second operation caused by the delay in rehabilitation.

Deng Mengjiao, deputy minister of the Talent Work Committee of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association, believes that the cooperation between Smith & Nephew and Reactivity Medical, from the perspective of the industry, is not only the cornerstone for the two sides to jointly establish industry standards and promote the direction of the industry, but also an important part of the acceleration of tele-rehabilitation products to clinical application. She pointed out that as the demand for rehabilitation in the bone and sports medicine market continues to increase, new explorations and new practices of artificial intelligence and digital technology in the field of orthopedics continue to emerge, which will gradually promote clinical integration, intelligence and standardization.