Preoperative abductor muscle strength on the healthy side affects the Timed Up and Go test after total hip arthroplasty in women
Takehiro Kawakami, Takashi Imagama, Yuta Matsuki, Tomoya Okazaki, Takehiro Kaneoka, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Masaya Ueda, Takashi Sakai · 2024
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Takehiro Kawakami and co-authors present a 2024 study of walking recovery after hip replacement in women. A timed test, in which a person stands, walks, and sits again, gauges fall risk. The team looked back at one hundred and twenty-four women with one bad hip. Scans measured hip muscle size, and strength tests were also done. Patients were grouped by their timed test scores a year after surgery.
The title names the key finding: strength of the hip-spreading muscles on the healthy side mattered. That strength helped predict who scored poorly on the timed test a year on. Muscle size on scans was part of the picture the team weighed. Rehab should not focus on the operated side alone, the authors say. Training the healthy side may protect balance later.
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| CREATOR | Takehiro Kawakami, Takashi Imagama, Yuta Matsuki, Tomoya Okazaki, Takehiro Kaneoka, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Masaya Ueda, Takashi Sakai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |