ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Patients with Robotic Arm-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (mUKA) Regain Their Preoperative Activity Level Two Weeks Earlier Compared to Robotic Arm-Assisted Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty (rKA-TKA).
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- Postoperative activity participation and functional recovery after robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of robotic arm-assisted bi-unicompartmental knee arthroplasty versus total knee arthroplasty on objectively measured physical activity: secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.Bone & joint research · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study compared the early rehabilitation progress of patients undergoing robotic-assisted medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (mUKA) and robotic-assisted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty (rKA-TKA), focusing on daily activity by step-count measurements.
methodsA retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from 88 patients (53 rKA-TKA and 35 mUKA) was conducted. Patients wore Garmin Vivofit
resultsPreoperative median daily step counts were comparable between groups (rKA-TKA: 3988 and mUKA: 4315;
conclusionsWhile both the mUKA and rKA-TKA patients achieved their preoperative daily activity levels within nine weeks post-surgery, the mUKA patients reached this milestone approximately two weeks earlier. This study demonstrates a clinical benefit of mUKA in terms of faster postoperative remobilization, even when compared to kinematically aligned robotic-assisted TKA.
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