Gait analysis and clinical outcome in patients after pilon fracture surgery

Michaël Houben; Sander van Hoeve; Bernard S Leenstra; Paul Willems; Kenneth Meijer; Martijn Poeze

doi:10.1016/j.fas.2022.04.002

Gait analysis and clinical outcome in patients after pilon fracture surgery

Michaël Houben^*, Sander van Hoeve, Bernard S Leenstra, Paul Willems, Kenneth Meijer, Martijn Poeze

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In this study kinematic parameters, radiographic findings and PROM in pilon fractures after operative treatment were compared with healthy subjects.

METHODS: 16 patients treated with osteosynthesis after pilon fracture underwent kinematic analysis with the OFM. Fractures were evaluated for post-operative step-off and gap on CT-scans and PROM were collected. Results were compared to 10 healthy persons.

RESULTS: Range of motion (ROM) crural was lower in the flexion/extension for pilon fractures (10.03 vs. 13.15, p = 0.017). The ROM in the inversion/eversion was low, but ROM in the abduction/adduction was higher. Correlations were found between flexion/extension and AO-classification (r = -0.357 p < 0.05), PROM score of the AOFAS (r = 0.445 p < 0.01), post-operative gap and step-off in the tibia plafond.

CONCLUSION: Pilon fractures showed decreased ROM between the hindfoot and tibia in the sagittal and transverse plane, but increased ROM in the frontal plane during push-off phase as compensatory kinetics. ROM showed significant correlations with PROM and intra-articular step-off and gap in the tibia plafond.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1229-1234
Number of pages	6
Journal	Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume	28
Issue number	8
Early online date	22 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2022.04.002
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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