ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2014
Timeframe for return to driving for patients with minimally invasive knee arthroplasty is associated with knee performance on functional tests.
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- Clinical Considerations for Return to Driving a Car following a Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- [Evaluation of driving fitness in patients with musculoskeletal disorders : A systematic review].Der Unfallchirurg · 2019Pooled it
- When Can I Drive After Orthopaedic Surgery? A Systematic Review.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2016Pooled it
- "Doctor, when can I drive?" - Can we compensate an immobilization of the right wrist while driving a car: A pilot study.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Driving Performance and Lower Limb Motor Function After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using a Driving Simulator: A Pilot Study on Elucidating Factors Influencing Accelerator and Brake Operations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Rapid Return to Braking After Anterior and Posterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024Article
- Reaction time and brake pedal force after total knee replacement: timeframe for return to car driving.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
- Surgical site, gender, and place of residence influence the time to resume driving after total joint arthroplasty.Archives of physiotherapy · 2021Article
- Time taken to resume driving following hip arthroscopy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study hopes to establish the timeframe for a safe return to driving under different speed conditions for patients after minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty and further explores how well various kinds of functional tests on knee performance can predict the patients' braking ability.
methods14 patients with right knee osteoarthritis were included in the present study and instructed to perform three simulated driving tasks at preoperative, 2 weeks postoperative and 4 weeks postoperative.
resultsThe results showed that the total braking time at 4 week postoperative has attained the preoperative level at the driving speed 50 and 70 km/hr but not at the driving speed 90 km/hr. It had significantly improving in knee reaction time and maximum isometric force at 4 weeks postoperative. Besides, there was a moderate to high correlation between the scores of the step counts and the total braking time.
conclusionsSummary, it is recommended that driving may be resumed 4 weeks after a right knee replacement but had to drive at low or moderate speed and the best predictor of safety driving is step counts.
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