| Can normal knee kinematics be restored with unicompartmental knee replacement? | |
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PMID: 15687156 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Unicompartmental replacement can be an alternative to tibial osteotomy in younger, active patients with unicompartmental knee disease. In unicompartmental replacement, the other compartments and knee ligaments are largely untouched. Therefore, it was hypothesized that the knee kinematics after unicompartmental replacement may also be unchanged. To test this hypothesis, knee kinematics and quadriceps tension were recorded before and after replacement with a unicompartmental design and then with a tricompartmental design. METHODS: Six human cadaver knees were tested before implantation, after implantation with a bicruciate-retaining unicompartmental knee prosthesis, and after implantation with a posterior cruciate-retaining tricompartmental knee prosthesis. The unicompartmental prosthesis was initially implanted, and it was then revised to a total condylar knee replacement. The knee kinematics were measured with use of an electromagnetic tracking device while the knee was put through dynamic simulated stair-climbing under peak flexion moments of approximately 40 N-m. Quadriceps tension was also measured for all three conditions. RESULTS: No significant differences in tibial axial rotation were noted between the intact and unicompartmental conditions. However, tricompartmental replacement significantly affected tibial axial rotation (p = 0.001). Femoral rollback was not significantly affected by either unicompartmental or tricompartmental arthroplasty. Quadriceps tension was also similar among all three conditions. CONCLUSIONS: In this in vitro cadaver study, the tricompartmental replacement significantly changed knee kinematics while the unicompartmental replacement preserved normal knee kinematics. |
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Authors:
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Shantanu Patil; Clifford W Colwell; Kace A Ezzet; Darryl D D'Lima |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume Volume: 87 ISSN: 0021-9355 ISO Abbreviation: J Bone Joint Surg Am Publication Date: 2005 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-02-02 Completed Date: 2005-03-23 Revised Date: 2010-10-25 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0014030 Medline TA: J Bone Joint Surg Am Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 332-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Scripps Clinic Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education, 11025 North Torrey Pines Road, Suite 140, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. |
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Aged Aged, 80 and over Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee* Biomechanics Cadaver Compartment Syndromes / surgery* Female Humans Knee Joint / physiopathology* Knee Prosthesis* Leg / physiopathology Male Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology Prosthesis Design Range of Motion, Articular / physiology |
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