Cruciate ligament force of knees following mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is larger than the preoperative value

Abstract We analyzed the implantation effects on cruciate ligament force in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and determined whether kinematics is associated with the cruciate ligament force. We examined 16 patients (17 knees) undergoing medial UKA. Under fluoroscopy, each participant perform...

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Main Authors: Kenichi Kono, Hiroshi Inui, Tetsuya Tomita, Darryl D. D’Lima, Takaharu Yamazaki, Shoji Konda, Shuji Taketomi, Ryota Yamagami, Kohei Kawaguchi, Shin Sameshima, Tomofumi Kage, Sakae Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97655-z