Preoperative activity levels are an important indicator of postoperative activity in cementless TKAs.

Dubin, Jeremy A; Westrich, Geoffrey H · J Orthop · 2020

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

It is of interest if preoperative activity level has an impact on postoperative activity level following cementless TKA. This review contained 127 patients who had a preoperative Lower Extremity Activity Scale (LEAS) score ≥ to 10 (active patients) and 121 patients <10 (inactive patients). Postoperatively, the results showed a difference in LEAS Activity (Active 10.5 vs. Inactive 8.7, p < 0.001). Active patients had a drop in their activity level by 1.2 on the LEAS score, yet inactive patients increased by 1.6 (p < 0.0001). Preoperative activity levels are a good indicator for postoperative activity in cementless TKA.