The sense or nonsense of mobile-bearing total knee prostheses

Abstract

The focus of this thesis was if the in vivo kinematics of total knee prostheses was consistent with the kinematics intended by design and to determine the additional value of insert mobility and thus __the sense or nonsense__ of mobile-bearing knee prostheses. The added value of this thesis to the current literature is the integration of different measurement techniques. Fluoroscopy is combined with RSA and motion analysis techniques to fully understand the in vivo knee kinematics beyond which can be obtained by either technique alone. Results demonstrate that the integration of different measurement techniques was indeed of great value to comprehend the in vivo knee kinematics.