Valderrabano, Victor and Nigg, Benno M. and von Tscharner, Vinzenz and Stefanyshyn, Darren J. and Goepfert, Beat and Hintermann, Beat. (2007) Gait analysis in ankle osteoarthritis and total ankle replacement. Clinical biomechanics, Vol. 22, H. 8. pp. 894-904.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little information is available about gait changes in ankle osteoarthritis and total ankle replacement, and also about total ankle replacement patients' rehabilitation in the first year after surgery. METHODS: Thirty subjects were included in this study: 15 unilateral post-traumatic ankle osteoarthritis patients and 15 age-/gender-matched control subjects. Patients were followed prospectively: preoperatively, at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after total ankle replacement. The clinical-functional level was assessed by the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society ankle and the Short-Form-36 health survey score. 3D ankle-hindfoot kinematic-kinetic analysis was performed using a motion analysis and a two-plate force-platform system. Statistics included repeated measures analysis of variances, independent sample and paired Student's t-tests (significance alpha=0.05). FINDINGS: Compared to normal subjects, ankle osteoarthritis caused significant reduction of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and Short-Form-36 score. In gait analysis, ankle osteoarthritis showed a significant deficiency in six of seven spatiotemporal variables, a decrease of the tri-planar ankle movement, a decrease of the second active maximal vertical and the maximal medial ground reaction force, a reduction of the sagittal and transverse ankle joint moments, a reduction of the ankle joint power. Three months after total ankle replacement surgery patients experienced a worsening of gait. At 12 months follow-up, all spatiotemporal variables were not different from the normal subjects (full rehabilitation); in six of 11 kinematic and kinetic variables there was a partial rehabilitation. INTERPRETATION: This study provides data for the clinical-biomechanical understanding of the normal, arthritic, and total ankle replacement treated ankle during walking and the first year of rehabilitation.
Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedical Engineering > Imaging and Computational Modelling > Biomaterials Science Center (Müller) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Göpfert, Beat |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0268-0033 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2013 09:09 |
Deposited On: | 26 Apr 2013 06:57 |
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