Background: In vivo three-dimensional (3D) motion under weight-bearing conditions was analyzed postoperatively in medial pivot cruciate-substituting (CS) knee systems with fixed and mobile inserts.

Methods: Tibiofemoral knee kinematics during squatting were captured with X-ray fluoroscopy for 4 patients in each cohort. The 3D motion of implants was analyzed with KneeMotion motion analysis software (LEXI Corporation; Tokyo, Japan). In addition, anterior-posterior (AP) movement of the distal-most points and the angle of axial rotation of the femoral component on the tibial component were assessed in both cohorts.

Results: Mean AP movement of the femoral component on the tibial component was 3.8±0.5 mm on the medial side and 9.5±0.5 mm on the lateral side in the cohort with fixed prostheses and 5.9±2.1 mm on the medial side and 10.0±2.5 mm on the lateral side in the cohort with mobile prostheses. The mean angle of axial rotation of the femoral component on the tibial component was 14.4±1.1 degrees and 8.2±2.7 degrees of external rotation for fixed knees and mobile knees, respectively.

Conclusions: Postoperative motion analysis confirmed that fixed and mobile CS implants, which have a similar design, guided medial pivot motion under weight-bearing conditions. However, motion differed between these implant types after mid-flexion: bicondylar rollback after medial pivot motion was noted in the mobile cohort.

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