title: Sports, Physical Activity and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Young Patients.
abstract: One hundred-and-one patients age 60 or younger following medial mobile bearing UKA were reviewed retrospectively with a minimum follow-up of 2 years using the Schulthess activity score, Tegner, UCLA and SF-36 score to assess their level of physical activity and quality of life. Patients showed a rapid recovery and resumption of their activities with a return-to-activity rate of 93%. Most common activities were low impact, whereas high-impact activities showed a significant decrease. Precaution was found to be the main reason for a decrease in the level of activity. The results of this study demonstrate that patients age 60 or younger following medial UKA were able to return to regular physical activities with almost two-thirds of the patients reaching a high activity level (UCLA≥7).
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, BG Trauma Centre Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Streit
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gotterbarm
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bruckner
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Merle
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Marcus R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Streit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: activity; knee arthroplasty; medial UKR; mobile bearing; sport; unicondylar knee arthroplasty