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Effects of Iliosacral Joint Immobilization on Walking after Iliosacral Screw Fixation in Humans
by Katharina Jäckle, Takashi Yoshida, Kira Neigefink, Marc-Pascal Meier, Mark-Tilmann Seitz, Thelonius Hawellek, Gabriela von Lewinski, Paul Jonathan Roch, Lukas Weiser, Arndt F. Schilling and Wolfgang Lehmann
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(20), 6470; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12206470 - 11 Oct 2023
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Background: Pelvis fractures are commonly stabilized by surgical implants to facilitate their healing. However, such implants immobilize the iliosacral joint for up to a year until removal. We report how iliosacral joint immobilization affects the walking of patients. Methods: The gaits of patients [...] Read more.
Background: Pelvis fractures are commonly stabilized by surgical implants to facilitate their healing. However, such implants immobilize the iliosacral joint for up to a year until removal. We report how iliosacral joint immobilization affects the walking of patients. Methods: The gaits of patients with immobilized sacroiliac joints after unstable pelvic fracture (n = 8; mean age: 45.63 ± 23.19; five females and three males) and sex- and age-matched healthy control individuals (n = 8; mean age: 46.50 ± 22.91; five females and three males) were recorded and analyzed using a motion capture system. The forces between the tread and feet were also recorded. Standard gait parameters as well as dynamic patterns of joint angles and moments of the lower extremities were analyzed using the simulation software OpenSim. Results: With the exception of hip extensor strength, the monitored joint parameters of the patients showed task-dependent deviations during walking, i.e., plantarflexor force was increased when stepping on an elevated surface, as were hip flexion and extensor moments, knee flexion and extensor moments, as well as ankle dorsiflexion and the associated negative plantarflexor force during stance on the elevated surface. Conclusions: Iliosacral joint fixation causes reduced forward and upward propulsion and requires an extended range of hip motion in the sagittal plane. Patients show significant mobility limitation after iliosacral screw fixation. Full article
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