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In vivo kinematics of mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty during deep knee bending under weight-bearing conditions

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, ISSN: 0942-2056, Vol: 19, Issue: 6, Page: 914-920
2011
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Purpose: Little is known about the in vivo kinematics of mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty, especially at deep knee flexion under weight-bearing conditions. Methods: In vivo knee kinematics was analyzed for 12 patients (13 knees) implanted with PFC-Sigma Rotating Platform-Flex (RP-F) prostheses. Under fluoroscopic surveillance, each patient performed weight-bearing deep knee bending. Motion between each component was analyzed using a two- to three-dimensional registration technique, which uses computer-assisted design models to reproduce the spatial positions of the femoral and tibial components and a polyethylene insert (implanted with four tantalum beads) from single-view fluoroscopic images. Results: External rotation of the femoral component on the tibial tray was mostly caused by rotation of the polyethylene insert on the tibial tray. The femoral component typically exhibited a central pivot pattern from extension to 80° relative to the tibial component. From 80° to 120°, bilateral condyles moved backward. In an upright standing position, the femoral component had already rotated externally relative to the tibial component by 7.8 ± 7.5°, and the polyethylene insert had also rotated 8.2° ± 6.2° externally on the tibial tray. Conclusion: The present results demonstrated that mobile-bearing mechanisms with this prosthesis might reduce articular contact stress in vivo. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.

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