Balance After Knee Arthroplasty

Assessment of Balance, Function and Quality of Life in Patients Before and After Knee Replacement

Evaluation of patients before and after knee arthroplasty regarding balance, function and quality of life. Comparison of total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Comparison of the primary outcome parameter and selected secondary outcome parameters to healthy controls.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary gonarthrosis
• planned TKA or UKA
• adequate cognitive and lingual competence
• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• TKA or UKA revision
• Surgery after trauma
• Rheumatic disease
• Neurologic disease
• previous arthroplasty of the lower extremity (<9 months)
• cardiovascular disease
• restricted weight bearing of the lower extremity after surgery