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Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Timeframe for return to driving for patients with minimally invasive knee arthroplasty is associated with knee performance on functional tests

Authors: Hsuan-Ti Huang, Jing-Min Liang, Wei-Tso Hung, Ying-Yi Chen, Lan-Yuen Guo, Wen-Lan Wu

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

This study hopes to establish the timeframe for a safe return to driving under different speed conditions for patients after minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty and further explores how well various kinds of functional tests on knee performance can predict the patients’ braking ability.

Methods

14 patients with right knee osteoarthritis were included in the present study and instructed to perform three simulated driving tasks at preoperative, 2 weeks postoperative and 4 weeks postoperative.

Results

The results showed that the total braking time at 4 week postoperative has attained the preoperative level at the driving speed 50 and 70 km/hr but not at the driving speed 90 km/hr. It had significantly improving in knee reaction time and maximum isometric force at 4 weeks postoperative. Besides, there was a moderate to high correlation between the scores of the step counts and the total braking time.

Conclusions

Summary, it is recommended that driving may be resumed 4 weeks after a right knee replacement but had to drive at low or moderate speed and the best predictor of safety driving is step counts.
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Metadata
Title
Timeframe for return to driving for patients with minimally invasive knee arthroplasty is associated with knee performance on functional tests
Authors
Hsuan-Ti Huang
Jing-Min Liang
Wei-Tso Hung
Ying-Yi Chen
Lan-Yuen Guo
Wen-Lan Wu
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-198

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