title: Static and dynamic baropodometry to evaluate patients treated by total knee replacement with a mobile meniscus.
abstract: It was the purpose of this study to use static and dynamic baropodometry pre- and postsurgery in patients submitted to knee replacement with a mobile bearing. Baropodometric analysis was accompanied by clinical and subjective evaluation. Data obtained from the baropodometer revealed considerable oscillations occurring between pre- and postsurgery. Static examination showed a significant increase in the percentage of loading on the side treated that was not observed in the dynamic evaluation. An analysis of the Knee Society score showed a considerable increase in values between pre- and postsurgery similar to how the interpretation of correlations presurgery revealed statistically significant values between function and length of step, between pre- and postsurgery data for scores for function and length of step and Knee Score. The short-term results obtained are encouraging but only a long-term follow-up will be able to confirm the use of evaluating total knee replacement.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Terapie Avanzate, Sezione di Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, Ferrara.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gildone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Traina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods*; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing