Early knee mobilization after osteotomy for gonarthrosis.
In a prospective study, 32 knees in 32 patients were randomized to either a cylinder plaster cast (17 knees) or hinged cast-brace (15 knees) after high tibial osteotomy for medial gonarthrosis. At 6 weeks, 3 months, and still 1 year after surgery, the range of motion was better in the cast-brace group. There was no difference in the other clinical results at 3 months and at 1 year after surgery, nor in changes of osseous correction or in the final knee alignment. All the patients in the cast-brace group were satisfied with early motion.
Odenbring
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Lund University Department of Orthopedics, Lund, Sweden.
Lindstrand
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Egund
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D004434:Early Ambulation; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic