Functional assessment in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty : a systematic review - PubMed
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- Systematic review on functional assessment methods for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients.
- Highlights limitations of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) due to subjectivity and recall bias.
- Identifies 21 unique categories of objective functional assessments used pre- and post-TKA.
- Most common methods: Timed Up and Go test, gait analysis, and dynamometer for quadriceps strength.
- Notes increasing use of advanced technologies like markerless motion capture for better accuracy.
- Provides summary of advantages, disadvantages, and details of each assessment method.