KINEMATICS OF CRUCIATE-RETAINING VS. BI-CRUCIATE STABILIZING KNEE IMPLANTS DURING CHAIR RISE MOVEMENT
Working as an Undergraduate Student Researcher at the Biodynamics Laboratory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I was assigned to a project called the NAVIO Clinical Database (NCD) study. This project focuses on analyzing knee joints with and without knee implants both pre- and post- total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The specific knee implants we study are those designed by Smith + Nephew that are surgically implanted using NAVIO Robotics-Assisted surgery system. An incredible amount of data is collected and processed within this study, so I specifically chose to look at the kinematic differences between varying knee implants.
OBJECTIVE:
Investigate tibial/femoral translational and rotational differences between cruciate-retaining and bi-cruciate stabilizing knee replacements (post-surgery) during a chair rise movement.
CONCLUSION:
In conclusion, the CR and BCS implants experienced significant differences in translations during a chair rise movement. But, I was unable to find significant differences in rotations between CR and BCS implants.
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