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Predicting outcome after total knee replacement surgery in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a prospective study on the role of altered central pain processing in addition to structural and functional impairments related to knee osteoarthritis. University of Antwerp

Mira Meeus
Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Even though a Total Knee Replacement (TKR) is an effective surgical treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and the majority of patients report substantial pain relief and functional improvement following this surgical procedure, literature shows that 20-40% of patients are dissatisfied with the postsurgical outcome. Similar to other chronic pain conditions, there is growing body of research suggesting that in a subgroup of patients ...

Predicting outcome of total knee replacement surgery in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a prospective study on the role of phenoptypic characteristics related to osteoarthritis. University of Antwerp

Mira Meeus
Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Even though a Total Knee Replacement (TKR) is an effective surgical treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and the majority of patients report substantial pain relief and functional improvement following this surgical procedure, literature shows that 20-40% of patients are dissatisfied with the postsurgical outcome.Given the high costs related to TKR surgery and the substantial number of patients who do not meet the level of ...

Predicting outcome after total knee replacement surgery in patients with knee osteoatthritis University of Antwerp

Mira Meeus
Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Factors predicting poor outcome in knee osteoarthritis patients following total knee jointreplacement (TKR) surgery will be investigated, with focus on the role of pain due toneuroplasticity (i.e. hyperexcitability of the central nervous system).This will increase insight in the success rate and reasons behind the highly varying satisfactionafter TKR and may help in future decision making regarding need for and timing of TKR, aswell as the needs ...

Unravelling chronic postsurgical pain after total knee replacement: what is the role of altered central pain processing and metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes? University of Antwerp

Mira Meeus
Maastricht University, Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is the most common surgical treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA) worldwide. Despite a good outcome for the majority of patients, approximately 20% of patients experience chronic pain after surgery. Therefore, it is desirable and useful to define predictive factors for this postoperative chronic pain. It is hypothesized that the presence of altered central pain processing (CPP) may be a determinant of ...

Unravelling chronic postsurgical pain after total knee replacement: what is the role of altered central pain processing and metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes? University of Antwerp

Mira Meeus
Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is the most common surgical treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA) worldwide. Despite a good outcome for the majority of patients, approximately 20% of patients experience chronic pain after surgery. Therefore, it is desirable and useful to define predictive factors for this postoperative chronic pain. It is hypothesized that the presence of altered central pain processing (CPP) may be a determinant of ...

Clinical and biomechanical outcome in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty KU Leuven

Filip Staes
Research Group for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Computer Science Technology, Bruges Campus, Rehabilitation Sciences, Bruges Campus

Knee arthroplasty is still the treatment of choice for end-stage knee osteoarthritis. The Belgian national register for arthroplasty reports that over 20.000 knee replacement procedures are performed each year. Mostly total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is performed. This type of arthroplasty replaces the entire articular surfaces (tibial and femoral) of the knee, including both cruciate ligaments. In contrast, unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) ...

Does a patient specific surgical approach in knee arthroplasty improve clinical and biomechanical outcome? KU Leuven

Kurt Claeys
Rehabilitation Sciences, Bruges Campus, Locomotor and Neurological Disorders

Knee arthroplasty is a frequently performed surgical procedure for the treatment of end stage knee osteoarthritis. Postoperative function and patient satisfaction are becoming increasingly relevant in knee arthroplasty. Despite adequate preoperative planning and improved surgical techniques and rehabilitation protocols, only 75%-85% of patients seem satisfied after mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Unicompartmental knee ...

Evaluation of knee instability during stair descend in postoperative patients Ghent University

Mia Loccufier
Department of Human Structure and Repair, Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering

U+201CHow would you like to grow old?U+201D It is a question where any person
would answer: U+201CAs old a possible as long as there is a good quality
of lifeU+201D. A major indicator for a good quality of life for elderly people is
mobility which is linked with, amongst other factors, the knee joint.
Many patients suffering with knee injuries eventually have to undergo
a total knee replacement (TKR) where a knee ...

Development of an integrated modelling approach to study the interaction between joint contact geometry, kinematics and loading applied to the knee KU Leuven

Joris De Schutter
Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA) Section, Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group

Studying the relation between joint geometry, kinematics and loading is essential to understand how joints function, but is even more important from a clinical perspective. Deviant kinematics may, for example, adversely affect joint loading patterns, with load concentration on specific articular regions which might increase the risk of developing osteoarthritis(OA). OA is the most common agerelated joint disorder and is characterized by ...