Staying Ahead of the Curve: The Case for Recovery Curves in Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Recovery Curves clinical outcomes total knee arthroplasty

Journal

The Journal of arthroplasty
ISSN: 1532-8406
Titre abrégé: J Arthroplasty
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8703515

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 12 04 2023
revised: 23 07 2024
accepted: 27 07 2024
medline: 22 9 2024
pubmed: 22 9 2024
entrez: 21 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Sensor technology embedded within the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) implant has the potential to record data that can track recovery and provide diagnostic information. In this study, we introduce the concept of physical function recovery curve analytics, which are created from daily spatial-temporal gait metrics and step counts from a large cohort of TKA patients. In our study population, 258 patients underwent a primary TKA with a smart implanted tibial extension between October 4, 2021, and July 15, 2022, by 33 surgeons. The average age was 63 years, with 138 (54%) women. All kinematic data was collected on a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant cloud data management platform. Summaries of the gait parameters at 6 weeks are suggestive of differences between people over and under 65 years, with the older patients walking more slowly and having shorter stride lengths. The 6-week percentiles demonstrated a strong, linear correlation to the 12-week percentiles for each gait parameter, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.87 to 0.92. A novel screening gait test at 6 weeks shows promising results for predicting patients who will likely have poor recovery based on at least 1 gait parameter recovery curve at 12 weeks with high sensitivity and specificity. A future study is needed to validate the screening tool with an independent set of patients.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Sensor technology embedded within the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) implant has the potential to record data that can track recovery and provide diagnostic information. In this study, we introduce the concept of physical function recovery curve analytics, which are created from daily spatial-temporal gait metrics and step counts from a large cohort of TKA patients.
METHODS METHODS
In our study population, 258 patients underwent a primary TKA with a smart implanted tibial extension between October 4, 2021, and July 15, 2022, by 33 surgeons. The average age was 63 years, with 138 (54%) women. All kinematic data was collected on a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant cloud data management platform.
RESULTS RESULTS
Summaries of the gait parameters at 6 weeks are suggestive of differences between people over and under 65 years, with the older patients walking more slowly and having shorter stride lengths. The 6-week percentiles demonstrated a strong, linear correlation to the 12-week percentiles for each gait parameter, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.87 to 0.92.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
A novel screening gait test at 6 weeks shows promising results for predicting patients who will likely have poor recovery based on at least 1 gait parameter recovery curve at 12 weeks with high sensitivity and specificity. A future study is needed to validate the screening tool with an independent set of patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39306016
pii: S0883-5403(24)00802-7
doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.07.039
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Auteurs

Fred D Cushner (FD)

Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY.

Jeffrey Yergler (J)

South Bend Orthopaedics, South Bend, IN.

Barbara Elashoff (B)

Canary Medical, Carlsbad, CA.

Patrick M Aubin (PM)

Canary Medical, Carlsbad, CA. Electronic address: paubin@canarymedical.com.

Patrick Verta (P)

Canary Medical, Carlsbad, CA.

Giles R Scuderi (GR)

Northwell Health, NY, NY.

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