Muscle activity around the knee and gait performance in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty patients: A comparative study on fixed- and mobile-bearing designs

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1042-1048

  Catani, Fabio ^a   Benedetti, Maria Grazia ^a   Bianchi, Luca ^a   Marchionni, Valentina ^a   Giannini, Sandro ^a   Leardini, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Knee; Mobile bearing; Muscle activity; Unicompartmental

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RETROVERSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE RETROVERSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEONECROSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861345667     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1620-z     Document Type: Article

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