Table 2. Effects of time on gait parameters in the TKA and THA group.
| TKA (n = 24) | THA (n = 24) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline –2 months | 2 months –15 months | Baseline –2 months | 2 months –15 months | |||||||||||
| Gait parameters | Baseline (intercept) | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value | P corr | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value | P corr | Baseline (intercept) | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value | P corr | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value | P corr |
| Gait speed (m/s) | 0.99 | −0.04 (−0.10, 0.03) | 0.272 | 0.569 | 0.22 (0.15, 0.29) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.96 | 0.04 (−0.02, 0.10) | 0.245 | 0.514 | 0.14 (0.06, 0.20) | <0.001 | 0.003 |
| Stride Length (m) | 1.16 | −0.002 (−0.05, 0.05) | 0.924 | 0.924 | 0.14 (0.09, 0.19) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 1.11 | 0.05 (0.002, 0.10) | 0.049 | 0.306 | 0.07 (0.02, 0.13) | 0.013 | 0.076 |
| Cadence (steps/min) | 102.8 | −3.8 (−6.8, −0.8) | 0.016 | 0.081 | 10.1 (7.0, 13.2) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 103.0 | −1.1 (−3.9, 1.7) | 0.453 | 0.514 | 6.9 (3.8, 10.1) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Peak turning velocity (deg/s) | 164.0 | 8.5 (−6.5, 23.7) | 0.275 | 0.759 | 17.4 (1.7, 33.0) | 0.035 | 0.105 | 171.2 | 19.1 (6.9, 31.5) | 0.004 | 0.033 | 11.1 (−2.5, 24.9) | 0.121 | 0.484 |
| Step time asymmetry (%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.3 | −0.7 (−2.0, 0.6) | 0.292 | 0.514 | −1.0 (−2.4, 0.3) | 0.155 | 0.553 |
| Stride time variability (%) | 2.3 | 0.2 (−0.2, 0.6) | 0.380 | 0.569 | −0.3 (−0.8, 0.1) | 0.117 | 0.234 | 2.5 | −0.1 (−0.5, 0.3) | 0.514 | 0.514 | −0.2 (−0.7, 0.2) | 0.277 | 0.831 |
| Lumbar sagittal RoM (deg) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8.1 | −1.9 (−3.0, −0.8) | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.1 (−1.1, 1.3) | 0.870 | 0.870 |
| Lumbar coronal RoM (deg) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.2 | 0.4 (−0.3, 1.3) | 0.255 | 0.514 | 1.4 (0.6, 2.1) | 0.001 | 0.010 |
| Trunk coronal RoM (deg) | 7.8 | −1.0 (−1.6, −0.3) | 0.009 | 0.049 | 0.1 (−0.6, 0.9) | 0.710 | 0.710 | 8.1 | −0.6 (−1.3, 0.1) | 0.087 | 0.439 | 0.1 (−0.6, 0.8) | 0.797 | 0.870 |
Notes.
- TKA
- total knee arthroplasty
- THA
- total hip arthroplasty
- RoM
- range of motion
- P corr
- Hommel adjusted p-value
Data are presented as mean (95% CI).