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ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020

Bicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty reproduces in vivo kinematics of normal knees to a lower extent than unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

Kenichi Kono, Hiroshi Inui, Tetsuya Tomita, Takaharu Yamazaki, Shuji Taketomi, Sakae Tanaka

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Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kenichi KonoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Hiroshi InuiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. hiroshi_inu0707@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3605-2238
Tetsuya TomitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Biomaterial Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Takaharu YamazakiDepartment of Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan.
Shuji TaketomiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Sakae TanakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JPSaitama Institute of Technology · JPThe University of Osaka · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to clarify the natural knee kinematics provided by bicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty (BCR-TKA) compared with those of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and normal knees.

methodsVolunteers and patients who had undergone UKA and BCR-TKA with anatomical articular surface performed squatting motion under fluoroscopy. To estimate the knee's spatial position and orientation, a two-dimensional/three-dimensional registration technique was used. The rotation angle and anteroposterior translation of the medial and lateral sides of the femur relative to the tibia in each flexion angle were directly evaluated using the same local coordinate system and their differences amongst the three groups were analysed using two-way analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc pairwise comparison.

resultsFrom 0° to 10° of flexion, the femoral external rotation angle of BCR-TKA knees was significantly greater than that of normal and UKA knees and the medial side of BCR-TKA knees was significantly more anteriorly located than that of normal and UKA knees. From 40° to 50° of flexion, the medial side of UKA knees was significantly more posteriorly located than that of normal and BCR-TKA knees. From 30° to 120° of flexion, the lateral side of BCR-TKA knees was significantly more anteriorly located than that of normal and UKA knees.

conclusionThe in vivo kinematics of BCR-TKA knees reproduces those of normal knees to a lower extent than those of UKA knees. Thus, BCR-TKA with anatomical articular surface reproduces in vivo kinematics of normal knees to a lower extent than UKA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.

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AdultAgedArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeBiomechanical PhenomenaCase-Control StudiesFemaleFluoroscopyHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedKnee JointMaleRange of Motion, ArticularRotationBicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplastyKinematicsSquattingUnicompartmental knee arthroplasty

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