Assessing Anthropometric Measurements in Patients Screened for Total Knee Arthroplasty
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https://doi.org/10.15273/dmj.Vol51No1.12932Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess whether body circumferences (e.g., waist, hip, thigh, and calf) and body mass index (BMI) differed between surgical and non-surgical candidates for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). A total of 217 subjects were screened from 2014-2017 at the Halifax Infirmary Orthopaedic Assessment Clinic by two surgeons. Patients were assigned to surgical and non-surgical groups based on the treating surgeon’s recommendation for TKA after standard clinical assessment, with no BMI or circumference cutoff used. Post hoc descriptive statistical analyses were conducted on each variable to investigate differences between surgical and non-surgical groups, followed by univariate analysis (i.e., two-tailed t-test, p-value) to examine whether any observed differences were statistically significant. Results showed that BMI, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), and calf circumference (CC) differed significantly between surgical and non-surgical candidates; BMI, WC, HC, and CC were collectively larger in patients selected as TKA candidates.
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