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Bone & Joint Research
Vol. 1, Issue 10 | Pages 263 - 271
1 Oct 2012
Radiological method for measuring patellofemoral tracking and tibiofemoral kinematics before and after total knee replacement
Sharma GB Saevarsson SK Amiri S Montgomery S Ramm H Lichti DD Lieck R Zachow S Anglin C
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Objectives

Numerous complications following total knee replacement (TKR) relate to the patellofemoral (PF) joint, including pain and patellar maltracking, yet the options for in vivo imaging of the PF joint are limited, especially after TKR. We propose a novel sequential biplane radiological method that permits accurate tracking of the PF and tibiofemoral (TF) joints throughout the range of movement under weightbearing, and test it in knees pre- and post-arthroplasty.

Methods

A total of three knees with end-stage osteoarthritis and three knees that had undergone TKR at more than one year’s follow-up were investigated. In each knee, sequential biplane radiological images were acquired from the sagittal direction (i.e. horizontal X-ray source and 10° below horizontal) for a sequence of eight flexion angles. Three-dimensional implant or bone models were matched to the biplane images to compute the six degrees of freedom of PF tracking and TF kinematics, and other clinical measures.