ArticleScientific reports2017
The effect of primary total knee arthroplasty on the incidence of falls and balance-related functions in patients with osteoarthritis.
Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05347875 (Exploring the Influence of a Novel Application for Training and Evaluating Walking Implementation of an App-based Walking Aid Skills Training Program Aid Skills in Walking Aid Users), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Exploring the Influence of a Novel Application for Training and Evaluating Walking Implementation of an App-based Walking Aid Skills Training Program Aid Skills in Walking Aid Users: A Protocol for a Pragmatic Single-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical Therapist Management of Total Knee Arthroplasty.Physical therapy · 2020Guideline
- Interpretable Machine Learning Analysis of Factors Associated with Postoperative Hemoglobin Reduction After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Standardized-Protocol Cohort Study in Non-Transfused Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Multivariate analysis of newly diagnosed hip, knee, and combined hip and knee Osteoarthritis and recurrent fall risk: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring the Influence of a Novel App for Training and Evaluating Walking Aid Skills in Walking Aid Users: Protocol for a Pragmatic Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Demographic and Clinical Determinants of Unicondylar Vs Total Knee Arthroplasty Selection.Arthroplasty today · 2025Article
- Fear of Falling After Total Knee Replacement: A Saudi Experience.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- Risk factors of post discharge falls in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: An integrative review.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2024Review
- The Impact of Living Arrangements on the Prevalence of Falls after Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Comparison between Institutionalized and General Geriatric Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Fall classification, incidence and circumstances in patients undergoing total knee replacement.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the balance function before and after total knee arthroplasty using Berg balance scale.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Significantly earlier ambulation and reduced risk of near-falls with continuous infusion nerve blocks: a retrospective pilot study of adductor canal block compared to femoral nerve block in total knee arthroplasty.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Analysis of the Associations between Arthritis and Fall Histories in Korean Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Mind Health Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is an established risk factor for falls and balance impairment. This study investigated the incidence of falls, balance-related outcomes and risk factors for falls before and after primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Three hundred seventy-six OA patients scheduled to undergo TKA were included. Falls data within the preoperative, first postoperative and second postoperative years were collected, balance-related functions were assessed using the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL), WOMAC, Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I), Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC), knee extension strength, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) before surgery and 1 and 2 years after surgery. Compared with preoperative values, the incidence of falls significantly decreased (14.89%, 6.23% and 3.14% within the preoperative, first postoperative and second postoperative years, respectively) and the AQoL, WOMAC, FES-I, ABC, knee extension strength, BBS and TUG significantly improved after TKA. Logistic regression analysis revealed that Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥ 3 of the contralateral knee was an independent risk factor for falls before and after TKA. Conclusively, primary TKA is associated with a reduced incidence of falls and improved balance-related functions, and the contralateral knee should be considered in the design of fall-prevention strategies in patients with OA.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.