Summary: Our Total Knee Replacement (TKR) Study tracks biomechanical factors associated with receiving a TKR before and after the surgery. Using this data we can look at biomechanical altered due to the surgery, and help to evaluate surgical outcome.
Outline: Research subjects undergo biomechanical analysis twice throughout the course of this study. The first visit is once week prior to their TKR surgery date, and the second is ~1 year after their initial visit.
What to expect: Each visit to the Dynamics of Human Laboratory includes a host of assesment tools including health and activity questionnaires, full walking gait assesment using simple body measurements, 3D Motion capture and muscle activity collection, as well as strength testing. Knee joint xrays are also collected if needed. Each visit usually lasts ~2.5 hours.
