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Comparable in vivo joint kinematics between self-reported stable and unstable knees after TKA can be explained by muscular adaptation strategies: a retrospective observational study

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Title:Comparable in vivo joint kinematics between self-reported stable and unstable knees after TKA can be explained by muscular adaptation strategies: a retrospective observational study
Creators Name:Rao, L., Horn, N., Meister, N., Preiss, S., Taylor, W.R., Santuz, A. and Schütz, P.
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Postoperative knee instability is one of the major reasons accounting for unsatisfactory outcomes, as well as a major failure mechanism leading to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) revision. Nevertheless, subjective knee instability is not well defined clinically, plausibly because the relationships between instability and implant kinematics during functional activities of daily living remain unclear. Although muscles play a critical role in supporting the dynamic stability of the knee joint, the influence of joint instability on muscle synergy patterns is poorly understood. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the impact of self-reported joint instability on tibiofemoral kinematics and muscle synergy patterns after TKA during functional gait activities of daily living. METHODS: Tibiofemoral kinematics and muscle synergy patterns were examined during level walking, downhill walking, and stair descent in eight self-reported unstable knees after TKA (3M:5F, 68.9±8.3 years, BMI 26.1±3.2 kg/m(2), 31.9±20.4 months postoperatively), and compared against ten stable TKA knees (7M:3F, 62.6±6.8 years, 33.9±8.5 months postoperatively, BMI 29.4±4.8 kg/m(2)). For each knee joint, clinical assessments of postoperative outcome were performed, while joint kinematics were evaluated using moving video-fluoroscopy, and muscle synergy patterns were recorded using electromyography. RESULTS: Our results reveal that average condylar A-P translations, rotations, as well as their ranges of motion were comparable between stable and unstable groups. However, the unstable group exhibited more heterogeneous muscle synergy patterns and prolonged activation of knee flexors compared to the stable group. In addition, subjects who reported instability events during measurement showed distinct, subject-specific tibiofemoral kinematic patterns in the early/mid-swing phase of gait. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that accurate movement analysis is sensitive for detecting acute instability events, but might be less robust in identifying general joint instability. Conversely, muscle synergy patterns seem to be able to identify muscular adaptation associated with underlying chronic knee instability.
Keywords:TKA, Instability, Video-Fluoroscopy, A‐P Translation, Tibiofemoral Rotation, Muscle Synergies
Source:eLife
ISSN:2050-084X
Publisher:eLife Sciences Publications
Volume:12
Page Range:e85136
Date:26 April 2023
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.85136
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