Patients after TKA reduce the demand on the operated knee during a stepping task.Compensations include increased effort of contralateral knee and ipsilateral hip.Stronger quadriceps strength is related to faster stair climbing after TKA.Stronger knee extensor muscles may be needed for more sagittal plane...
Knee pain during SCT was evaluated after the 11-SCT by using the VAS (0–100 mm). Each participant was asked the following “Please mark on where you think the level of pain you experienced during stair climbing.” The participants recorded their level of knee pain by drawing a vertica...
A poorer mobility measured by the ability to climb stairs at the end stage of OA is a predictor of undergoing a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) [14] and is associated with greater length of stay at the hospital after receiving surgery [15]. Despite the association between lower-limb muscle ...