title: Sports activity following total knee arthroplasty in patients older than 60 years.
abstract: In a retrospective study with a population over 65 years, sports activity was conducted 6 years after cruciate retaining (CR) total condylar knee arthroplasty (TKA) with rotating platform (RP). Eighty-one Patients (71.8±5.4years) were examined at follow-up 6.4±0.9 years postoperative. Sport was practiced 5.3 hours every week in mean. Patients were active in sports 3.5times per week. Twenty-five percent performed high impact sports, 47% medium impact sports and 52% low impact sports at follow-up. In KOOS sports 60±28 was reached, in WOMAC 12.1±15.1. It can be concluded that in this population 50% of patients were active in medium and low impact sport 6 years after surgery. However, a quarter of patients were also active in high impact sports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University, Germany.
authors.forename: Hermann O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.affiliation: OCM Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Maik
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reinhold
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University, Germany.
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University, Germany.
authors.forename: Norbert P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Suedkamp
authors.affiliation: OCM Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Amelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoehr
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013177:Sports; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: KOOS; WOMAC; cruciate retaining TKA; rotating platform; sports activity; total knee arthroplasty