Despite numerous advantages, knee disarticulations (KDs) are rarely performed because of the anticipated KD prosthesis fitting problems that include the positioning of the knee joint distally from the KD socket. This results in lengthening of the thigh and subsequent shortening of the shank. The objective of this study was to assess the cosmetic effect of the knee joint in a KD prosthesis by de...

background osteoarthritis (oa) is a multifactorial, disabling and degenerative disease that worsens with age and affects patient’s health-related quality of life (hrqol). objectives the current study aimed to assess if age and comorbidities have an influence on knee oa and knee replacement outcome before and after the surgery. methods a quasi-experimental intervention study was conducted on a s...

Case presentation A 70-years old healthy male patient presented in our clinic with a recurrent swelling, redness and limitation of movement of his right knee. Clinical examination and laboratory findings showed no evidence of bacterial infection of the joint. The patient had no other complaints. According to the clinical history the patient received titanium prosthesis of the right knee in 2009...

In-vivo monitoring of human knee implants after total arthroplasty increases the knowledge about articular motion and loading conditions. The proposed knee prosthesis equipped with force sensors executes force measurements in polyethylene human knee prosthesis by two sensorized metal bars positioned under the femoral condyles and fully contained in the polyethylene insert. In this paper, a new ...

Robotic knee prostheses have been improving, thereby raising the quality of life for above knee amputees. To continue this progression requires robust and versatile research tools to study the subtle biomechanical interactions between the human and the prostheses. To serve this purpose, we have created a tethered knee prosthesis with flexion and extension torque control. To reduce weight and co...

BACKGROUND Stiffness after a TKA can cause patient dissatisfaction and diminished function, therefore it is important to characterize predictors of ROM after TKA. Studies of AP translation in conscious individuals disagree whether AP translation affects maximum knee flexion angle after implantation of a highly congruent sphere and trough geometry PCL-substituting prosthesis in a TKA. QUESTION...

INTRODUCTION: The current study compared in-vitro tibiofemoral axial rotational constraint between 2 posterior stabilized mobile-bearing knee prosthesis and their fixed-bearing counterparts. It was demonstrated that both mobile-bearing knees induced significantly less constraint torque compared to their fixed-bearing counterparts. Highly-constrained design of the fixed-bearing knees substantial...

Allograft-prosthesis composite (APC) can restore capsular and ligamentous tissues of the knee sacrificed in a tumor extirpation. We asked if performing APC would restore knee stability and allow the use of nonconstrained arthroplasty while preventing aseptic loosening. We retrospectively compared 50 knee APCs performed with non-constrained revision knee prosthesis (Group 1) with 36 matched APCs...

A 73-year-old female patient underwent total knee arthroplasty for arthrosis. After surgery, recurvatum instability over 55 degrees occurred. Two years later, primary endoprosthesis was removed and a revision endoprosthesis implanted. However, complete deformity occurred again. Two years later, the thickest revision polyethylene tibial implant was implanted on the same endoprosthesis. In spite ...

We computed the medial and lateral knee compressive forces for a total knee replacement patient during gait based on the grand challenge data set. The model was based on a scaled version of the Twente Lower Extremity Model (TLEM) with the knee altered to include the prosthesis geometry (the femoral part, the tibial insert and the patella button) as well as ligaments. Contact conditions between ...