title: Patient Reported Kneeling Ability in Fixed and Mobile Bearing Knee Arthroplasty.
abstract: Kneeling is an important function of the knee joint required for many daily activities. Bearing type is thought to influence functional outcome following UKA and TKA. Self-reported kneeling ability was recorded in 471 UKA and 206 TKA patients with fixed or mobile bearing implants. Kneeling ability was recorded from the Oxford Knee Score question 7. The self-reported ability to kneel was similar in patients with fixed and mobile bearing UKA implants following surgery. In TKA, greater proportions of patients were able to kneel in the fixed compared to the mobile bearing groups up to two years after surgery indicating that self-reported kneeling ability is enhanced in fixed compared to mobile bearing TKA.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Professions, Peninsula Allied Health Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Artz
authors.affiliation: Bristol Knee Group, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hassaballa
authors.affiliation: Bristol Knee Group, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Bristol Knee Group, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.affiliation: Bristol Knee Group, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Porteous
authors.affiliation: Bristol Knee Group, Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James R D
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D011187:Posture; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: arthroplasty; kneeling ability; total knee arthroplasty; unicompartmental knee arthroplasty