Lower functioning patients demonstrate atypical hip joint loading before and following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic research Vol. 38; no. 7; pp. 1550 - 1558
• Main Authors: Bahl, Jasvir S., Arnold, John B., Taylor, Mark, Solomon, Lucian B., Thewlis, Dominic
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2020
• Subjects: function; hip reaction force; musculoskeletal modeling; OpenSim; osteoarthritis; total hip arthroplasty; OpenSim; total hip arthroplasty; hip reaction force; musculoskeletal modeling; osteoarthritis; function

Previous studies have established that up to 1 year post total hip arthroplasty (THA), patients do not recover normal function and the magnitude of hip joint loading remains reduced compared to healthy individuals. However, the temporal nature of the loading profile has not been considered to identi...