ArticleArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery2022
Patients' perceived walking abilities, daily-life gait behavior and gait quality before and 3 months after total knee arthroplasty.
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- Evaluation of the efficacy after Total Knee Arthroplasty by Gait analysis in patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
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- Gait Parameters of Women Before Knee Joint Arthritis-Analysis Using the MoKA System.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Monitoring Gait Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Wearable Sensors: Responsiveness of Gait Accelerations.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025Observational
- Validity of a Single Inertial Measurement Unit to Measure Hip Range of Motion During Gait in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gait, Quality of Life, and Knee Function in Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Center, Prospective, Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A Retrospective Study on the Feasibility of Using Low-burden Patient-reported Pain Scores to Track Recovery and Outcomes After Total Joint Replacement.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Problems and Opportunities of a Smartphone-Based Care Management Platform: Application of the Wald Principles to a Survey-Based Analysis of Patients' Perception in a Pilot Center.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Advances in the application of wearable sensors for gait analysis after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2023Review
- Stepping Beyond Counts in Recovery of Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study on Passively Collected Gait Metrics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Low Correlation between Gait and Quality of Life in Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionFunctional outcome and patients' daily-life activities after total knee arthroplasty are becoming more important with a younger and more active patient population. In addition to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), trunk-based accelerometry has shown to be a promising method for evaluating gait function after total knee arthroplasty. The aim of this study was to evaluate daily-life perceived walking abilities, gait behavior and gait quality before and 3 months after total knee arthroplasty, using PROMs and trunk-based accelerometry. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cohort of 38 patients completed questionnaires including the Oxford Knee Score and modified Gait Efficacy Scale before and 3 months after primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty. At both time points, they wore a tri-axial accelerometer at the lower back for seven consecutive days and nights. Gait behavior was calculated using gait quantity and walking speed, and multiple gait quality parameters were calculated.
resultsSignificant improvements were seen after 3 months in the Oxford Knee Score [median (interquartile range) 29 (10) vs 39 (8), p < 0.001] and modified Gait Efficacy Scale [median (interquartile range) 67 (24) vs 79 (25), p = 0.001]. No significant changes were observed in gait behavior (quantity and speed) or gait quality variables.
conclusionsIn contrast to the significant improvements in patients' perception of their walking abilities and PROMs, patients did not show improvements in gait behavior and gait quality. This implies that after 3 months patients' perceived functional abilities after total knee arthroplasty do not necessarily represent their actual daily-life quantity and quality of gait, and that more focus is needed on postoperative rehabilitation to improve gait and functional behavior.
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