Ankle/hindfoot arthrodesis in rheumatoid arthritis improves kinematics and kinetics of the knee and hip: A prospective gait analysis study

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1024-1028

  Weiss, Rudiger J ^a,b   Brostrom E ^a   Stark, A ^a   Wick, M C ^a   Wretenberg, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Kinematics; Kinetics; Rheumatoid arthritis; Three dimensional gait analysis

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEDMAN TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WALKING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT JOINTS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447294208     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem017     Document Type: Article

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