Effect of the knee replacement surgery on activity level based on ActivPAL: A systematic review and meta-analysis study

Alfatafta, Huda, Alfatafta, Mahmoud, Onchonga, David, Hammoud, Sahar, Khatatbeh, Haitham, Zhang, Lu, Boncz, Imre, Lohner, Szimonetta and Molics, Balint (2022) Effect of the knee replacement surgery on activity level based on ActivPAL: A systematic review and meta-analysis study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 23. ISSN 1471-2474

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Abstract

Background: The knee replacement (KR) surgery aims to restore the activity level and reduce the risk of experiencing disabilities. The outcomes of this surgery are evaluated mainly with subjective tools or low validity objective tools. However, the effect of the surgery on activity level using high validity objective accelerometer is still in question. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the benefit of KR surgery alone to enhance physical activity recommendations based on high validity accelerometer. Two independent reviewers evaluated five electronic databases (Cochrane-Central-Register-of-Controlled Trials, EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) to find relative studies between January 2000 and October 2021. The quality assessments and risk of bias assessments were examined. Results: Three articles were included with 202 participants (86 males, 116 females), with an average age of 64 years and an average 32 kg/m2 body mass index. The results found that the number of steps was significantly improved up to 36.35 and 45.5% after 6-months and 1-year of the surgery, respectively. However, these changes did not meet the recommended activity level guideline and could be related to the patients’ health status and their activity level before the surgery. No significant changes were seen in sedentary time, standing time, and upright time after 6-months and 1-year follow-ups. Heterogeneity among studies was low to moderate (0–63%). Conclusion: Knee replacement surgery is an effective treatment for improving patients’ quality of life with severe knee injuries. However, various factors impact the success of surgical and achieving maximum benefit of the surgery. One factor, sedentary time, can be reduced by implementing pre-and post-surgery exercise or physical activity recommendations. Further studies are needed to understand the benefit of surgery with or without rehabilitation assessed using high validity monitors.

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Additional Information: Availability of data and materials: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available because the dataset is very large and to avoid data misuse but are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Funding: Open access funding provided by University of Pécs.
Uncontrolled Keywords: activpal,activity level,knee replacement,rheumatology,orthopedics and sports medicine ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2745
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Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2025 12:30
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2025 15:31
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100511
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05531-2

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