ArticleKnee surgery & related research2020
Proprioception deficiency in articular cartilage lesions of the knee.
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- Implications of Stabilometric Assessment in Determining Functional Deficits in Patients with Severe Knee Osteoarthritis: Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Proprioception and Mechanoreceptors in Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Proprioception Analysis following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction using Stabilometry: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2023Article
- Effect of autogenous osteochondral mosaicplasty on the balance control of patients with cartilage defects of the knee: a pilot study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Patients with advanced lateral osteoarthritis can return to sports and work after distraction arthroplasty plus lateral meniscal allograft transplantation combined with cartilage repair.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments Mechanoreceptors: A Review of Basic Science.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the proprioceptive function of patients with isolated articular cartilage lesions of the knee as compared to normal controls.
methodsThe Cartilage group consisted of eight subjects with radiologically and arthroscopically confirmed, isolated, unilateral, articular cartilage lesions of the knee (Outerbridge grade III or IV). They were compared to 50 normal controls. Knee proprioception was assessed by dynamic postural stabilometry using the Biodex Balance SD System. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) were used to evaluate all subjects.
resultsProprioception of the injured knee of the Cartilage group was significantly poorer compared to that of the control group (p < 0.001). A significant proprioceptive deficit also was observed when the uninjured knees of the Cartilage group were compared to those in the Control group (p = 0.003). There was no significant proprioceptive difference between the injured and the contra-lateral uninjured knee of the Cartilage group (p = 0.116). A significant correlation was found between the proprioception measurements of the injured and uninjured knee of the Cartilage group (r = 0.76, p = 0.030). A significant difference was observed in all PROMs (p < 0.001) between the Cartilage and Control groups.
conclusionsPatients with isolated articular cartilage lesions of the knee had a significant proprioceptive deficit as compared to normal controls. The deficiency was profound and even affected the proprioceptive function of the contra-lateral uninjured knee. This study has shown that articular cartilage lesions have a major influence on knee proprioception. However, it remains uncertain as to whether a proprioceptive deficit leads to osteoarthritis or is a consequence of it.
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