The effects of the rotating-hinge total knee replacement on gait and stair stepping

We studied 7 younger and 5 older patients who had rotating-hinge total knee replacements, 10 patients who had semiconstrained total knee replacements, and 8 younger and 11 older healthy control subjects to determine the effects of the rotating-hinge device on gait and stair stepping. The younger pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arthroplasty 1999-09, Vol.14 (6), p.743-755
Hauptverfasser: Draganich, Louis F., Whitehurst, Jon B., Chou, Li-Shan, Piotrowski, Gary A., Pottenger, Lawrence A., Finn, Henry A.
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Zusammenfassung:We studied 7 younger and 5 older patients who had rotating-hinge total knee replacements, 10 patients who had semiconstrained total knee replacements, and 8 younger and 11 older healthy control subjects to determine the effects of the rotating-hinge device on gait and stair stepping. The younger patients with the rotating-hinge device had few significant differences from the younger control subjects during gait or stair stepping. Theolder patients with the rotating-hinge device had several significant differences from both the older control subjects and subjects with the semiconstrained device during gait and stair stepping. Nevertheless, the proportions of older patients with the 2 devices who were able to perform the step on activity for the highest step were the same.
ISSN:0883-5403
1532-8406
DOI:10.1016/S0883-5403(99)90231-0