Early postoperative functional differences between total knee arthroplasties supplied with mobile-bearing platform or fixed-bearing system--an analysis of gait pattern

• Published in: Zeitschrift für orthopädie und ihre grenzgebiete Vol. 142; no. 1; p. 40
• Main Authors: Möckel, G, Perka, C, Gäbler, J, Zippel, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.01.2004
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - surgery; Biomechanical Phenomena; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gait - physiology; Humans; Knee Prosthesis; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis, Knee - surgery; Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging; Postoperative Complications - physiopathology; Prospective Studies; Prosthesis Design; Radiography; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Reference Values; Walking - physiology; Weight-Bearing - physiology

The goal of this study was to analyze differences of gait patterns among patients with total knee arthroplasty supplied with mobile-bearing platform in contrast to patients supplied with fixed-bearing knee systems. For that reason 17 patients with mobile-bearing knee systems and two groups of 15 pat...