Reduction of Falls and Factors Affecting Falls a Year After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Elderly Patients with Severe Knee Osteoarthritis
| Autor: | Panagiotis Soucacos, G. Godolias, T. Tsonga, Paraskevi Malliou, Eirini Giovannopoulou, Stylianos Kapetanakis, Maria Michalopoulou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Longitudinal study medicine.medical_specialty WOMAC medicine.medical_treatment Population Knee replacement Osteoarthritis Article 03 medical and health sciences Elderly 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Medicine Knee education 030203 arthritis & rheumatology 030222 orthopedics education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.disease Severe osteoarthritis Health realted quality of life Falling (accident) Total knee arthroplasty Physical therapy Falls Observational study medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The Open Orthopaedics Journal |
| ISSN: | 1874-3250 |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1874325001610010522 |
| Popis: | Background:Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)1is a common surgical treatment for severe knee Osteoarthritis (OA)2, which generally improves pain, physical function, quality of life and possibly fall risk. Fall risk increases for older adults with severe knee OA; however it has not been studied extensively whether this parameter is improved after TKA.Objective:To investigate: a) the history and frequency of falls, including mechanism or causes of falls, injuries sustained from falls reported, activity during falling and location of falls and, b) the factors affecting falls, a year after TKA in elderly patients with severe knee OA.Patients and Method:An observational prospective longitudinal study of 68 patients (11 males and 57 females) was conducted. The frequency of falls was recorded every month after knee replacement for a year period. A year after the TKA patients completed self-administered questionnaires (SF-36, Womac, FOF, ABC, PASE) and were assessed in physical performance tests (TUG and BBS).Results:There was significant improvement in falls frequency (pConclusion:TKA generally improved a lot of aspects in patients’ life. One of these was the reduction of fall risk, which always co-exists in this population and can cause devastating problems threatening the benefits of the procedure. |
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