Open AccessBicruciate Substituting Total Knee Arthroplasty Improves Stair Climbing Ability When Compared with Cruciate-Retain or Posterior Stabilizing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Takanori Iriuchishima,
Kyung Nam Ryu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_392_18
Subject(s) - stair climbing , stairs , medicine , descent (aeronautics) , total knee arthroplasty , climb , climbing , arthroplasty , physical therapy , knee flexion , osteoarthritis , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , civil engineering , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology , aerospace engineering , engineering , history
The purpose of this study was to compare stair climbing and descent ability following bicruciate substituting (BCS), cruciate retaining (CR), and posterior stabilizing (PS) total knee arthroplasties (TKAs).