Changes in locomotion performance after total knee arthroplasty (preliminary results)

Quantity versus quality of gait and quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis

“…However, they displayed lower movement intensities [21]. Our patients spent more time for locomotion before surgery but less time compared to a group of knee patients 6 months after surgery reported from a different region in Germany [27].…”

“…The difference between the healthy subjects and the knee patients underlines the impact of the disease on mobility parameters. Actually, patients with well functioning hip prostheses performed more gait cycles postoperatively ($5200 gait cycles/day) [14]; the same holds true for the previously mentioned knee patients 6 months after surgery [27]. Since patients showed similar standard deviation but a lower mean in their daily gait cycles compared to the healthy subjects, patients' physical activity appears to be more variable.…”