High tibial osteotomy results in improved frontal plane knee moments, gait patterns and patient-reported outcomes

ConclusionsHTO surgery restored frontal and transverse plane knee loading to normal levels and improved PROMs. Gait adaptations known to reduce knee loading employed pre-HTO were not retained post-HTO. Some gait features were found to differ between post-HTO subjects and controls.Level of evidenceII

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00167-019-05644-7

Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - August 4, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research