{"title":"How Can Gait Analysis Improve Total Hip Arthroplasty?","authors":"Chaitanya Karimanasseri","doi":"10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2022042591","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hip osteoarthritis (OA), or the degeneration of cartilage in the hip joint, is a common and chronic condition that is growing in prevalence around the world. OA typically causes significant joint pain, lack of mobility, and abnormal gait patterns in affected individuals. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is used to treat OA, and of the many postoperative methods of assessing success of the procedure, one that is particularly useful is gait analysis. Gait analysis provides a quantitative view of patient gait biomechanics by examining many relevant gait parameters and is very useful to evaluate sequelae following THA. The present paper synthesizes the recent literature surrounding post-THA gait analysis to gain a deeper understanding of how gait analysis may be used to improve THA and its corresponding patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":16125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of long-term effects of medical implants","volume":"33 4","pages":"9-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of long-term effects of medical implants","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2022042591","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hip osteoarthritis (OA), or the degeneration of cartilage in the hip joint, is a common and chronic condition that is growing in prevalence around the world. OA typically causes significant joint pain, lack of mobility, and abnormal gait patterns in affected individuals. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is used to treat OA, and of the many postoperative methods of assessing success of the procedure, one that is particularly useful is gait analysis. Gait analysis provides a quantitative view of patient gait biomechanics by examining many relevant gait parameters and is very useful to evaluate sequelae following THA. The present paper synthesizes the recent literature surrounding post-THA gait analysis to gain a deeper understanding of how gait analysis may be used to improve THA and its corresponding patient outcomes.
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MEDICAL IMPLANTS are being used in every organ of the human body. Ideally, medical implants must have biomechanical properties comparable to those of autogenous tissues without any adverse effects. In each anatomic site, studies of the long-term effects of medical implants must be undertaken to determine accurately the safety and performance of the implants. Today, implant surgery has become an interdisciplinary undertaking involving a number of skilled and gifted specialists. For example, successful cochlear implants will involve audiologists, audiological physicians, speech and language therapists, otolaryngologists, nurses, neuro-otologists, teachers of the deaf, hearing therapists, cochlear implant manufacturers, and others involved with hearing-impaired and deaf individuals.