Persistent altered knee loading in patients with meniscectomy : A systematic review and meta-analysis

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the changes in knee flexion moment (KFM) and knee adduction moment (KAM) during weight-bearing activities following meniscectomy.

DESIGN: Meta-Analysis.

SETTING: Laboratory.

PARTICIPANTS: 332 meniscectomy patients and 137 healthy controls (from 13 qualified studies) MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cohen's d effect sizes (ESs) were calculated to compare KAM and KFM values of the surgical legs to the non-surgical and to healthy control legs.

RESULTS: When compared to healthy controls, meniscectomy patients' surgical legs demonstrated a significantly greater KAM (ES = 0.310; P = 0.002) but no significant difference in KFM (ES = -0.182; P = 0.051). When compared to the patients' non-surgical legs, however, the surgical legs showed no difference in KAM (ES = -0.024; P = 0.716) but a significantly lower KFM (ES = -0.422; P < 0.001). High heterogeneity among study ESs was observed in patients' between-limb comparison for KAM (Q-value = 20.08, P = 0.005; I2 = 65.1%) and KFM (Q-value = 43.96, P < 0.001; I2 = 79.5%). However, no significant differences in study ESs (all P > 0.102) of KFM and KAM were identified when comparing studies with various times post-surgery, weight-bearing tasks, walking speeds, or patient demographics.

CONCLUSION: Elevated KAM and reduced/asymmetrical KFM observed in meniscectomy patients may contribute to the increased risk of knee OA. Rehabilitation should focus on movement education to restore between-limb KFM symmetry and reduce KAM bilaterally post-meniscectomy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine - 65(2024) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 14-22

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Falvey, Kyle T [VerfasserIn]
Kinshaw, Chad M [VerfasserIn]
Warren, Gordon L [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Liang-Ching [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Kinetics
Knee loading
Meniscus
Meta-Analysis
Osteoarthritis
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 23.01.2024

Date Revised 19.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.10.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364723076