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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 6/2017

01-06-2017 | Knee

Proprioception after bicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty is comparable to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Authors: Florian Baumann, Özkan Bahadin, Werner Krutsch, Johannes Zellner, Michael Nerlich, Peter Angele, Carsten Oliver Tibesku

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 6/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Rising expectations in functional performance of total knee joints are inciting further improvement of knee arthroplasty implants. From a patient-centred view, bicruciate-retaining models provide a more natural feeling knee. However, there is no evidence of functional advantage for these implants. The aim of this study was to evaluate balance ability as a measure of proprioception in patients with a bicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty.

Methods

A prospective, controlled trial was conducted to compare balance ability in 60 patients after arthroplasty of the knee for osteoarthritis. We compared patients with a bicruciate-retaining knee arthroplasty (BCR group) to a control group of patients with a medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA group) and another control group of patients with a posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty (PS group). The patient population comprised 30 women (50.0 %) and 30 men in three cohorts of 20 each. The mean age was 62.1 ± 8.0 years (range 43–78). Patients were evaluated preoperatively and 9 months post-operatively. The evaluation included clinical, radiological, and balance testing—a single-leg stance with eyes closed compared to eyes open. The difference in area of sway between eyes closed and eyes open represents static balance ability after knee arthroplasty.

Results

Perioperative data showed that there was no intra-operative fracture of the intercondylar eminence. There was a decreased post-operative knee extension 9 months post-operative in the BCR group, which was not clinically relevant in any case. We recorded a lower difference in the area of sway between eyes closed and eyes open (ΔA (ec–eo)) for the BCR group (p = 0.01) and the UKA group (p = 0.04) compared to the PS group.

Conclusions

This study found superior static balance ability after preservation of both cruciate ligaments in arthroplasty of the knee, indicating superior proprioceptive function. Hence, BCR implants could provide improved functional properties. Superior proprioceptive function of bicruciate-retaining implants can be an important factor in implant selection. Further prospective, randomized studies to investigate kinematics and long-term survivorship of bicruciate-retaining implants are needed.

Level of evidence

II.
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Metadata
Title
Proprioception after bicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty is comparable to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Authors
Florian Baumann
Özkan Bahadin
Werner Krutsch
Johannes Zellner
Michael Nerlich
Peter Angele
Carsten Oliver Tibesku
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-016-4121-2

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