Patients' perceived walking abilities, daily-life gait behavior and gait quality before and 3 months after total knee arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Functional outcome and patients' daily-life activities after total knee arthroplasty are becoming more important with a younger and more active patient population. In addition to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), trunk-based accelerometry has shown to be a promising method for evaluating gait function after total knee arthroplasty. The aim of this study was to evaluate daily-life perceived walking abilities, gait behavior and gait quality before and 3 months after total knee arthroplasty, using PROMs and trunk-based accelerometry.

Materials and methods

A cohort of 38 patients completed questionnaires including the Oxford Knee Score and modified Gait Efficacy Scale before and 3 months after primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty. At both time points,

SUBMITTER: Fransen BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9110478 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature