Patella Eversion Reduces Early Knee Range of Motion and Muscle Torque Recovery after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Comparison between Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty and Conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty
Table 1
Patient demographics.
Conventional TKA
MIS-TKA
value
Age
N.S
Sex, F/M
N.S
Height (cm)
N.S
Weight (kg)
N.S
Preoperative knee extension (degree)
N.S
Preoperative knee flexion (degree)
N.S
Preoperative mechanical axis in one leg standing radiograph (degree)
N.S
Percentage of preoperative peak isokinetic torque of the quadriceps muscle (%)*
N.S
Preoperative visual analogue scale of pain (mm)
N.S
Preoperative knee score
N.S
*preoperative peak value in uninvolved knee was defined as a reference value (100%).