The Impact of Parameter Uncertainty on Patient-Specific Musculoskeletal Modelling for Ligament-Balanced TKA KU Leuven
A common cause of knee pain is arthritis, where Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent with an estimated lifetime risk for symptomatic OA of 46.8% in women and 39.8% in men. The goal of a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is to relieve pain and restore function to a knee with end stage OA. The failures that result in revision are in 47.4% of the cases due to joint stiffness, joint instability or implant loosening. The failure modes that lead ...