Our primary hypothesis was simple: does gait on a downhill gradient distinguish between types of knee arthroplasty? Our secondary hypotheses were these: are stride length and other kinematic variables affected by cruciate ligament integrity following knee arthroplasty? Ethical approval was sought and gained prior to commencement of the study. 52 subjects were tested on the instrumented treadmill, 3 groups (UKA, TKA, and young healthy control) of 19, 14, and 19 respectively. The two high performing arthroplasty groups were recruited from a database of patient related outcome measures (PROMs) and were chosen based on high Oxford knee scores (OKS) with a minimum 12 months post hip arthroplasty.Introduction
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