Sports, Physical Activity and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Young Patients

Tilman Walker; Julia Streit; Tobias Gotterbarm; Thomas Bruckner; Christian Merle; Marcus R Streit

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2015.05.031

Sports, Physical Activity and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Young Patients

J Arthroplasty. 2015 Nov;30(11):1911-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.05.031. Epub 2015 May 23.

Authors

Tilman Walker¹, Julia Streit², Tobias Gotterbarm¹, Thomas Bruckner³, Christian Merle¹, Marcus R Streit¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
² Clinic of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, BG Trauma Centre Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
³ Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 26088397
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.05.031

Abstract

One hundred-and-one patients age 60 or younger following medial mobile bearing UKA were reviewed retrospectively with a minimum follow-up of 2 years using the Schulthess activity score, Tegner, UCLA and SF-36 score to assess their level of physical activity and quality of life. Patients showed a rapid recovery and resumption of their activities with a return-to-activity rate of 93%. Most common activities were low impact, whereas high-impact activities showed a significant decrease. Precaution was found to be the main reason for a decrease in the level of activity. The results of this study demonstrate that patients age 60 or younger following medial UKA were able to return to regular physical activities with almost two-thirds of the patients reaching a high activity level (UCLA≥7).

Keywords: activity; knee arthroplasty; medial UKR; mobile bearing; sport; unicondylar knee arthroplasty.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / statistics & numerical data*
Exercise*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Outcome Assessment*
Quality of Life
Recovery of Function*
Retrospective Studies
Sports / statistics & numerical data*
Surveys and Questionnaires