| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 物理治療學研究所 === 87 === The purposes of this research are 1) to establish a new reliable assessment method for proprioceptive function of knee joint in clinical use, 2) to assess the propriopceptive function of the total knee replacement （TKR）patients and 3) to exam the relationship of proprioception and ambulating function. There were 16 TKR patients and 16 aged matched control group in this study. Two assessment model for propriocetive function — unilateral and bilateral model were used, and subjects were test with active method and passive method separately. In data analysis, the constant error, variable error, and root mean square error were used.. Result showed that the proprioceptive function of the TKR patient was poor, and the walking velocity was slower than aged matched control group. There was no correlation between propriocpetion and walking speed in the TKR patients. Finding of this study supports that the proprioceptive function of patient after TKR is decreased. Further research is needed to exam the influence of the diminished proprioceptive function on the functional performance of TKR patients.
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