Routine gait analysis may be a helpful guide for post-TKA rehabilitation

Routine gait analysis may be a helpful guide for post-TKA rehabilitation

Many patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty did not experience improvement in their gait relative to preoperative patients by 12 months postoperatively; however, use of routine gait analysis was helpful for guiding patients’ postoperative rehabilitation and may be useful for developing strategies for mobility improvement, according to researchers’ findings.

Using inertial measurement units, the researchers assessed gait among 29 preoperative total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients, 17 patients at 8 weeks postoperatively, 28 patients at 52 weeks postoperatively and 29 age-matched controls. The researchers also calculated limb segment angles, knee angle and temporal parameters of gait.

Source: Healio

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