Symmetries of the vertical ground reaction force, contact time and area, and center of pressure during gait in female patients 3 weeks post-total hip arthroplasty.

Background: Few studies have assessed vertical ground reaction force, contact time, contact area, and center of pressure during gait in the early phase post-total hip arthroplasty. This study aimed to investigate whether these parameters are more pronounced in participants post-total hip arthroplasty compared to healthy controls.

Methods: We included 22 female participants who underwent total hip arthroplasty (age, 68.

Effects of lower limb vibration on hip pain and function after total hip arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: A vibration roller is an effective tool for reducing muscle soreness and improving damaged muscle function. However, its efficacy in reducing hip pain and improving function after total hip arthroplasty is unclear. We investigated the effect of lower limb vibration using a vibration roller on postoperative hip pain and function after total hip arthroplasty in a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Incidences and circumstances of falls among women following total hip arthroplasty on long-term follow-up.

Background: Patients who undergo total hip arthroplasty have an increased risk of falls during the first postoperative year. However, it is unclear whether patients after total hip arthroplasty will continue to be at high risk of falls more than 1 year postoperatively. To better understand whether the risk of falls changes after a 1-year period, we investigated the incidences and circumstances of falls in women patients for 5 years after total hip arthroplasty.

Effects of foam rolling on hip pain in patients with hip osteoarthritis: a retrospective propensity-matched cohort study.

Background: Foam rolling is a self-applied massage using a foam roller that has gained popularity for treatment of muscle soreness. However, its efficacy for improving hip pain in patients with hip osteoarthritis remains unclear.

Objective: To investigate the effects of foam rolling on hip pain in patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Effects of clinical clerkship in education for physical and occupational therapy students: a multifaceted examination using objective indices.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effects of clinical clerkship in physical and occupational therapy students' education on their stress, sleep, and technical skill acquisition.

Methods: We compared responses to the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire and the Athens Insomnia Scale, and students' clinical training grades between a traditional clinical training group (n=48) and a clinical clerkship group (n=48).

Results: Compared with the traditional group, the clinical clerkship group showed significantly higher scores on the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire for quantitative and qualitative burden, and significantly lower scores for the extent of control over tasks, irritability, fatigue, depression, and physical ailment.

Plantar pressure distribution during standing in women with end-stage hip osteoarthritis.

Background: Patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) experience abnormal movement patterns and reduced loading of the affected leg. The plantar contacts the ground and receives force from the ground. Plantar pressure distribution may differ in patients with hip OA compared to healthy adults and may influence physical functioning in these patients.

Asymmetrical loading during sit-to-stand movement in patients 1 year after total hip arthroplasty.

Background: Asymmetrical loading during functional performance can occur after total hip arthroplasty. We hypothesized that during sit-to-stand movements, the loading of the limbs of patients who undergo total hip arthroplasty is more asymmetrical than that of those who do not. The objective of the present study was to compare asymmetrical loading during the sit-to-stand movements of patients at 1 year after undergoing total hip arthroplasty, and that of healthy adults.

Gait Abnormality Predicts Falls in Women After Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Background: Patients who undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) have an increased risk of falls during the first year postoperatively. However, risk factors for falls after THA remain unclear. We investigated the relationship between gait abnormality and falls during the first year after THA.

Incidence and Circumstances of Falls in Women Before and After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: We investigated the incidence and circumstances related to falls in patients before and after total hip arthroplasty (THA), and compared them with those in an age-matched control group.

Methods: This is a prospective cohort study. A total of 140 women with severe hip osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent THA (OA group) and a control cohort of 319 age-matched healthy women were analyzed.

Incidence and Risk Factors for Falls in Women With End-Stage Hip Osteoarthritis.

Background And Purpose: Fall-induced injuries and resulting deaths are a serious health problem among older adults. The most common risk factors for falls in older adults are muscle weakness, gait deficiencies, and balance deficits. Patients with end-stage hip osteoarthritis (OA) also have many hip dysfunctions, and these all have the potential to increase the risk of falls.

Leg loading during quiet standing and sit-to-stand movement for one year after total hip arthroplasty.

Background: The objective of the present study was to investigate loading of the operated leg during quiet standing and sit-to-stand (STS) movement for 1 year after total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Methods: One hundred and fifty-eight patients with end-stage hip osteoarthritis (OA) who had undergone unilateral primary THA participated in this study. The load distribution on the operated and non-operated legs was computed by measuring the vertical reaction force of the operated and non-operated legs during quiet standing and STS movement.

Fear of Falling Restricts Activities of Daily Living after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A One-Year Longitudinal Study.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and time course in changes regarding the fear of falling and whether there are consequent restrictions in activities of daily living (ADL) after total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Methods: This is 1-year longitudinal observational study. We recruited ninety-eight patients before and after THA.

Falls in patients after total hip arthroplasty in Japan.

Background: There have been few reports on falls in patients who have undergone total hip arthroplasty (THA). In the present study, we aimed to investigate the incidence and circumstances of falls in post-THA patients and to identify the factors associated with falling.

Materials And Methods: After excluding comorbidities, osteoarthritis without THA, and patients who had undergone THA within the previous 1 year, 214 patients [11 males, 203 females; mean (SD) age, 66.

Fear of falling during activities of daily living after total hip arthroplasty in Japanese women: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of fear of falling, and identify factors associated with fear of falling during activities of daily living after total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Community.