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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Subject characteristics, radiographic OA severity, patient reported outcome measures

From: The loading patterns of a short femoral stem in total hip arthroplasty: gait analysis at increasing walking speeds and inclines

Subject

Short stem

Long stem

Control

Sex M:F

5:15

8:12

15:20

Age (yrs)

69 (38–84)†‡

63 (31–86)

61 (41–85)

BMI

26 (17–35)

29 (23–39)

25 (17–35)

Height (cm)

169 (156–185)

172 (156–188)

170 (154–196)

Top speed (km/h)

6.5 (5–8)

6.6 (4–8)

7.1 (5.5–8)

Pre-op OA severity

3 (2–4)

3 (2–4)

NA

Follow-up (months)

13 (12–15)

20 (13–30)

NA

Oxford hip score

46 (43–48)

46 (40–48)

NA

EQ-5D

0.88 (0.62–1)

0.92 (0.72–1)

NA

EQ-VAS

85 (50–100)

83 (50–100)

NA

  1. The values are indicated as means (range);  significant difference between patient groups versus control (p < 0.05);  significant difference between patient groups (p < 0.05)