INFLUENCING FACTORS FOR JOINT AWARENESS AFTER TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Objective: Joint awareness (JA) is indicative of the patient's ability to adapt to an artificial joint after total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgery. The current study investigated the relationship between joint awareness, joint position sense (JPS), mobility level, activities of daily living, and hip pain level in patients with THA. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 50 individuals with THA (31.48±55.14 weeks post-surgery; mean age was 54.32±18.28 years). Factors related to joint awareness were examined with linear regression analysis. Hip JPS was measured with a digital inclinometer, pain level was measured with a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), joint awareness was assessed with Forgotten Joint Score-12, and mobility level with the Parker Mobility Index. Results: Independent variables that have a statistically significant effect on the artificial joint score are age, pain, mobility level, and body mass index (p = 0.002, p = 0.040, p