People with lower expectations of how they would be able to use their knees during work activities after a total knee arthroplasty were more dissatisfied with their knee abilities 6 months after their surgery. OARSI2023
The researchers assessed participants' ability to perform work-related, knee-straining activities using the , which considers the following activities: kneeling, crouching, clambering, taking the stairs, walking on rough terrain, working with hands below knee height, standing, lifting or carrying, pushing or pulling, walking on ground level, operating a vehicle, operating foot pedals, and sitting.
The other factors that the researchers examined, which had no effect on WORQ scores, included age, sex, BMI, education, comorbidities, KOOS pain subscale, having a knee-straining job, having needed surgery because of work, or having preoperative sick leave. "I guess what I'm asking is, why are we settling for that? If it's important to so many people, and an expectation of so many people, why don't we technologically improve such that, post arthroplasty, people can kneel?"
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