The effect of total knee replacement on the knee varus angle and moment during walking and stair ascent

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1053-1058

  Mandeville, David ^a   Osternig, Louis R ^a   Lantz, Brick A ^b   Mohler, Craig G ^b   Chou, Li Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Knee osteoarthritis; Knee varus angle; Knee varus moment; Stair climbing; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

KETONES; STAIRS; SURGERY;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROL LEVEL; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; GAIT ANALYSIS; GAIT MEASURES; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE VALGUS; KNEE VARUS ANGLE; KNEE VARUS MOMENT; LEVEL WALKING; ONTARIO; STAIR CLIMBING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; WALKING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 49649120376     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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