Publications by authors named "K Bettinson"
Objective: To assess the ability of functional measures to detect disease progression in dysferlinopathy over 6 months and 1 year.
Methods: One hundred ninety-three patients with dysferlinopathy were recruited to the Jain Foundation's International Clinical Outcome Study for Dysferlinopathy. Baseline, 6-month, and 1-year assessments included adapted North Star Ambulatory Assessment (a-NSAA), Motor Function Measure (MFM-20), timed function tests, 6-minute walk test (6MWT), Brooke scale, Jebsen test, manual muscle testing, and hand-held dynamometry.
Objective: To describe the baseline clinical and functional characteristics of an international cohort of 193 patients with dysferlinopathy.
Methods: The Clinical Outcome Study for dysferlinopathy (COS) is an international multicenter study of this disease, evaluating patients with genetically confirmed dysferlinopathy over 3 years. We present a cross-sectional analysis of 193 patients derived from their baseline clinical and functional assessments.
Background: There is little literature on patient-reported outcomes following total ankle replacement in patients with osteoarthritis, posttraumatic osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. We compared the differences in demographic data and clinical and patient-reported outcomes among patients with those types of arthritis who underwent total ankle replacement performed with use of the MOBILITY Total Ankle System.
Methods: Patients were divided into three groups based on the preoperative diagnosis of type of arthritis.
Background: The number of patients presenting for total knee replacement who are classified as obese is increasing. The functional benefits of performing TKR in these patients are unclear.
Aim: To assess the influence pre-operative body mass index has upon knee specific function, general health status and patient satisfaction at 3 years following total knee replacement.
Functional outcome following aseptic single-stage revision knee arthroplasty.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
October 2012
Purpose: This study attempts to quantify the influence of constraint and various indications upon functional outcome following aseptic first-time revision knee arthroplasty.
Methods: A single-centre prospective study was performed to examine the outcome for 175 consecutive total revision knee replacements performed between 2003 and 2008 with a minimum follow-up of 2 years. Patient-reported outcome data were used to determine the influence of final level of component constraint, its relationship with primary indication for surgery and the predictor variable for functional outcome at 1 year.