Kneeling ability in men was better than in women.Ĭonclusion: Patients kneeling ability was significantly better than their perceived ability for all prosthesis types.

Only 37% of patients thought they could kneel.

122 patients (38 TKR, 53 UKR, and 31 PFR) were objectively assessed.

Kneeling ability was best in UKR and worst in PFR.Ĭonclusion: Kneeling ability for osteoarthritic patients actually improves after knee arthroplasty surgery.

Kneeling ability 2 years after surgery improved in all groups, with 20% having little to no difficulty kneeling.

Kneeling ability prior to surgery was poor in all 3 groups, where 80% found it extremely difficult or impossible to kneel.

Patients were given a survey and a kneeling score based on the data.

Surgeries included total knee replacement (TKR), unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR), and patellofemoral knee replacement (PFR), for osteoarthritis.

Data was collected from 253 knees before surgery, 1 year after surgery, and 2 years after surgery.

1/3 of the knees patients who avoided kneeling because of perceived uncertainties were actually able to kneel without any discomfort.

(the remaining 12 knees patients were unable to kneel because of problems not related to the knee)Ĭonclusion: The perceived fear of discomfort was actually much greater than any actual discomfort experienced during the tests.

Only 24 knees patients were unable to kneel because of actual discomfort.

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32 knees patients stated they could kneel without significant discomfort.

Patients are counted by how many prosthetic knees they have “knees patients.”

75 Total Knee Replacement patients (with 100 prosthetic knees) were studied at least 6 months after their surgery.

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