Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 361-367 , March 2007

Recovery of Gait After Short-Stay Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Inge van den Akker-Scheek, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Inge van den Akker-Scheek, MSc, Dept of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Martin Stevens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Sjoerd K. Bulstra, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Johan W. Groothoff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Jim R. van Horn, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Wiebren Zijlstra, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

  • Image Result

    Relation between speed and step length preoperatively and 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. Legend: a, walking with additional task test part; f, fast-walking test part; p, preferred-walking test

    Relation between speed and step length preoperatively and 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. Legend: a, walking with additional task test part; f, fast-walking test part; p, preferred-walking test part; s, slow-walking test part.

  • Image Result
    The variability coefficient of the different test parts preoperatively and 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. Note: Bars represent SDs. Legend: closed squares represent the slow-, preferred-, and f

    The variability coefficient of the different test parts preoperatively and 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. Note: Bars represent SDs. Legend: closed squares represent the slow-, preferred-, and fast-walking speed test parts; open squares represent the walking with additional task test part.

 Supported by the University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01534-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.11.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 361-367 , March 2007