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abstractPre
and postoperative gravity center and muscular activity evaluation in
patients with total hip arthroplasty Marius Neculaes, Paul Botez Gr
T Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacology, Iasi, Romania
Abstract
Total
hip arthroplasty (THA) represents one of the most important options for
many orthopaedic pathologic contexts. Patient recovery following THA is
complex and involves a detailed, clinical-functional, preoperative
evaluation of the hip joint biomechanics in order to quantify the
functional deficit and to select the most effective rehabilitation
procedures. The present study included 17 patients that addressed the
Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in the Recovery Hospital of
Iasi and Arcadia Hospital Iasi, to be treated by total hip
arthroplasty. This study was rolled out between September
2009 - April 2012 and included 11 male and 6 female patients, with a
mean age of 64.7years. It evaluates the functional evolution in
patients with total hip arthroplasty as well as the biomechanical
changes of the walking during the two stages of the treatment, in order
to determine the degree of functional rehabilitation in such patients.
The study concludes that early start of recovery treatment lead to
improvement in hip joint biomechanics and in walking activities,
reducing the degree of wear on prosthesis, on contralateral healthy hip
and other joints in the lower limbs
Key
words:hip joint,
rehabilitation, functional evaluation
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Pre and postoperative gravity center and muscular activity evaluation in patients with total hip arthroplasty
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