High tibial osteotomy effectively restores motor function during daily activities in patients with knee osteoarthritis and varus deformity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study evaluated the effects of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) on spatio-temporal parameters, kinematics and kinetics during walking, stair ascent and descent, in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis and varus malalignment, by using a prospective randomized case-control design, which compares the effects of HTO with a non-surgical conservative treatment.

Methods

A total of 49 patients with medial knee osteoarthritis and varus malalignment were enroled in a prospective randomized case-control study. Patients were randomly assigned to the Surgical Group (n = 25), which underwent open-wedge HTO, or the Conservative Group (n = 24), which followed non-surgical conservative treatment. An additional 20 healthy subjects were included as controls. Radiograp

SUBMITTER: Valente G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12435303 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature