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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_13 | Pages 6 - 6
1 Mar 2013
RAHMAN J MONDA M MCCARTHY I MILES J
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Total knee replacement in a commonly performed procedure in the United Kingdom with more than 76000 primary procedures performed in 2010. With so many procedures performed there has to be a robust way of assessing the outcome of the procedure. Gait analysis is a valuable tool in objectively assessing the these patients. Inertial movement units (IMU's) are a fairly new development in gait analysis. The aim of our project is to use IMUs to assess the differences in gait profile between a cohort of healthy controls, a group of pre operative knee replacement patients, a group of 8 week post operative patients and finally a group of post operative knee replacement patients at 1 year. We studied a total of 47 patients. We also had data from a previous study done on healthy controls using the same measurement tool. We measured three parameters: peak swing phase flexion, peak stance phase flexion and stride duration. Our findings indicate that pre-operative patients have a significantly reduced peak flexion in swing and stance with increased stride duration. This shows no improvement at the 8 week mark. At the 1 year mark peak flexion in swing returns to pre operative levels but flexion in stance and stride duration are still poor. These findings may not have been identified without gait analysis. Gait analysis using intertial movement units will add much information to radiographs and clinical examination. This information can also be used to tailor individual patients rehabilitation.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XLIII | Pages 6 - 6
1 Sep 2012
Monda M Cullen N Singh D Goldberg A
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Introduction

The Z or “scarf” osteotomy was first described by Meyer in 1926 and then by Burutaran in 1976. It was later popularised by Weil in the USA and Barouk in Europe in the 1990's and is now an accepted technique that forms part of a surgeons' armamentarium. The theory of Diffusion of Innovations was described by Rogers in 1962 to explain how novel ideas are accepted into practice across different industries, including medicine. It has never previously been used to study the adoption of ideas in foot and ankle surgery.

Methods

This paper uses publication volume as a surrogate marker for adoption, as described previously by the authors. Briefly, a systematic review of the literature was carried out. MESH headings included ‘Hallux Valgus’, and ‘osteotomy’ or ‘SCARF’ or ‘Z osteotomy’ or ‘bunionectomy’. 2818 publications were identified and the abstracts were reviewed excluding 2699 publications for non-relevance. The data was analysed by year of publication, country of origin, as well as for level of evidence.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVII | Pages 150 - 150
1 Sep 2012
Gordon D Zicker R Cullen N Singh D Monda M
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Introduction

Debate remains which surgical technique should be used for ankle arthrodesis. Several open approaches have been described, as well as the arthroscopic method, using a variety of fixation devices.

Both arthroscopic and open procedures have good results with union rates of 93–95%, 3% malunion rate and patient satisfaction of 70–90%, although some report complication rates as high as 40%.

Aims

To identify union, complication and patient satisfaction rates with open ankle fusions (using the plane between EHL and tibialis anterior).


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVI | Pages 70 - 70
1 Aug 2012
Monda M McCarthy I Thornton M Smitham P Goldberg A
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Introduction

Knowledge of knee kinetics and kinematics contributes to our understanding of the patho-mechanics of knee pathology and rehabilitation and a mobile system for use in the clinic is desirable.

We set out to assess validity and reliability of ambulatory Inertial Motion Unit (IMU) Sensors (Pegasus¯) against an established optoelectronic system (CODA¯).

Pegasus¯ uses inertial sensors placed on subjects' thighs and lower leg segments to directly measure orientation of these segments with respect to gravity. CODA¯) models the position of joint centres based on tracked positions of optical markers placed on a subject, providing 3D kinematics of the subject's hips, knees and ankles in all three planes.

Methods

Intra observer reliability of the Pegasus¯ system was tested on 6 volunteers (4 male; 2 female) with no previous lower limb or knee pathology. IMU's were placed on the long axis of the lateral aspects of both thighs and lower leg segments. A test re-test protocol was used with sagittal data angle collected around a standard circuit.

Inter-observer reliability was tested by placement of IMU's by 5 different testers on a single volunteer.

To test validity, we collected simultaneous sagittal knee angle data from Pegasus¯ and CODA¯ in two subjects. The presence of IMU's did not compromise positioning of optical markers.