Title: Consequences of forced hypokinesia on human movement aparatus. Objectives: The aim of this study was to find out the influence of forced hypokinesia after total hip replacement on the excitability of α motoneurons. I deal with the changes of H-reflex and M-wave latencies and the changes of the recruitment curves. The results of the operated and non-operated (kontrol) lower limb were compared. Methods: Five volunteers 3 - 4 weeks after total hip replacement participated in this study. The age was 62,4 (± 3,01). The H-reflex was elicited by stimulation of tibial nerve in a poplitel fossa. The H-reflex and M-wave latencies and its recruitment curves were obtained. After that the values of the operated lower limb were compared with the non-operated one (control). The results were evaluated as case studies. The EMG device Grass Telefactor was used to detect the electrical potential of soleus muscle. The rectangular pulses of 0,5 ms duration were used for stimulation tibial nerve by Grass 88 Stimulator. Then the data were transduced by CED Power 1401 device. Results: We found out that the H-reflexes of both lower limbs were not elicited in the case study no. 2 and the H-reflex of a control lower limb was not elicited in case study no. 1. The stimulus intensities for eliciting H-reflex and M-wave...

Bei der Rekonstruktion des durch Krankheit oder Trauma geschädigten Hüftgelenkes hat sich der Ersatz des Gelenkes durch eine totale Endoprothese heute allgemein durchgesetzt. Dabei hat unter Beachtung einer differenzierten Indikationsstellung sowohl die zementierte als auch die zementfreie Technik ihre Anwendungsberechtigung. Das Problem der dauerhaften Verankerung der zementfreien Hüftendoprothese ist jedoch trotz ständiger Weiterentwicklung von Operationstechnik, Implantatdesign und Werkstoffen bis heute nicht abschließend gelöst. Die häufigste Versagensursache ist dabei die aseptische Schaftlockerung, die mit Veränderungen des knöchernen Lagers einhergeht. Mit der Osteodensitometrie existiert eine Technik, die eine schnelle, nichtinvasive und quantitative Beurteilung der Knochenmasse erlaubt. In der vorliegenden Querschnittsstudie wurden 95 Zweymüller-Schaftimplantate zwei, vier bzw. sechs Jahre nach Implantation untersucht. Dabei wurden die Ergebnisse der klinischen Untersuchung und der konventionellen a.p. Röntgenaufnahme den mit Hilfe der DEXA-Technik ermittelten Knochendichteänderungen am Femur gegenübergestellt. Der Vergleich von Knochendichteänderungen in einzelnen Femurabschnitten in Abhängigkeit von der Implantationsdauer läßt Rückschlüsse auf das Schaftdesign zu. / When hip function is several impaired by disease or trauma, total hip replacement is preferred treatment of choice today. The consideration of a differentiated position of indication justifies both - the application of the cemented as well as the cement free technique. But despite of constant further development of operation techniques, design of implantation and the used materials is the problem of a permanent embodiment of the non-cemented hip prosthesis till today not finally solved. The aseptic relaxation of the stem is the most frequent reason for failure. This is accompanied by changes of the osseous bed. With the osteodensitometry exists a technique that makes a fast, non-invasive and quantitative assessment of the bone mass possible. In this present cross-section study 95 Zweymüller-stem-implants were examined two, four and six years after the implantation. The results of the clinical examination and the results of the conventional X-ray picture were compared with the changes of the thigh femur bone density that were ascertained by the DEXA-technique. The comparison of changes of the bone density in single femur sections in dependence on the duration of the implantation allows one to draw conclusions from the design of the stem.

Observative prospektive Kohortenstudie mit 22 Patienten über 3 Jahre. Wir untersuchten, ob die intensive Schulung der Diskrimination des Hüftgelenks von Beckenbewegungen Auswirkungen auf die Harmonisierung des Gangbilds in der postoperativen Rehabilitation habe. Es wurde anhand der videogestützten Ganganalyse auf dem Laufband ein Score der Gangharmonie gebildet, der neben dem Gang als Ganzkörperbewegung auch koordinative Faktoren wie den Bewegungsfluß berücksichtigt. Faktoren wie Schmerz und Erfahrung in übenden Verfahren wurden in einer Regressionsanalyse auf ihre Assoziation mit der Gangharmonie überprüft. Modelle des Bewegungslernens wurden auf langfristige Strategien der Rehabilitation angewendet. / Prospective observative cohort study over 3 years. A cohort of people with OA of the hip due to CDH was followed up over 3 years. The discrimination of hip movements from pelvis movements was measured and compared with the gait harmony. A Gait Harmony Score reflecting total body movement and coordinative factors has been developed and validated. In a regression analysis we measured the association between confounding variables like preoperative pain and experience in exercise with gait harmony and hip proprioception. Models of motor learning in rehabilitation have been applied to the postoperative development of the gait in order to establish models for longterm rehabilitation strategies.

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Epidural analgesia causes a temporary cessation of nerve conduction via administration of low concentration of local anaesthesia, or opioid, into epidural space. The resulting temporary discontinuation of nerve conduction is called central neuroaxial anaesthesia and it facilitates the process of surgical intervention. An epidural catheter is usually inserted during epidural desensitisation. It helps to control the amount of administered anaesthesia and hence to respond to surgery progress, but it also enables to keep the catheter within the epidural space for the following postoperative analgesia, which will promote timely postoperative rehabilitation and pain management.The research project was conducted on basis of quantitative and qualitative investigation. The quantitative research was performed via questionnaires directed at the nursing staff, and the qualitative research took form of semi-structured interviews with patients. The quantitative investigation was conducted in fourteen health care facilities in the Czech Republic. Respondents of the quantitative research were nurses working in orthopaedic departments, multidisciplinary ICU or ARO (Anaesthesiology Resuscitation Dept.), who provided care to patients after TKR or THR with an epidural catheter insitu. Qualitative research respondents were patients hospitalised in orthopaedic departments for TKR or THR, with epidural catheter insitu and who agreed to participate at the interview. Quantitative research data were processed in Excel 2010 and presented in graphs, frequency and contingency tables, whereas the qualitative research data were processed using charts of the Smart Art program. After the agreement with the management of health care facilities, this dissertation will promote education and aid situation improvement. The Standard of Nursing Care Assisting a Patient with Epidural Catheter during Insertion and Care will be an outcome of this project. Moreover, we will design a patient information booklet and a quality of care indicator that will focus on monitoring of complications occurrence such as infections in patients with epidural catheter. The findings may help to design a training course specialised in nursing care provision to those patients and also to provide basis for further research.

A identificação de fatores relacionados à segurança e qualidade das próteses para artroplastia de quadril na visão do ortopedista especialista, bem como a busca e checagem por informações advindas dos instrumentos legais de regulação, tais como localização do Registro do Ministério da Saúde e rótulo de instruções de uso, com exata descrição das características dos dispositivos, a notificação e procura por alertas da Tecnovigilância podem apontar critérios que minimizem a possibilidade de erros e surgimento de eventos adversos na escolha dos implantes para quadril durante o processo de indicação, solicitação, liberação, implantação e utilização do produto. Investigando este contexto, foram entrevistados os membros da Sociedade Brasileira de Quadril, e do retorno das respostas surgiram dados que mostram que 72% dos sujeitos não acreditam que o Registro da ANVISA faça parte de um processo de segurança e qualidade no cadastramento de produtos para saúde no Brasil, e outros 72% desconhecem a ferramenta Tecnovigilância para monitoramento pós-comercialização. Todavia, 94% da amostra refere já ter constatado falha protética ao longo da carreira, outros 94% indicam que a falha ocorreu com próteses nacionais, e que em 60% das ocorrências o fornecedor foi contatado, e não a ANVISA, e em outros 30% das falhas nada foi feito. Estes dados são preocupantes, pois refletem o descompasso entre a Agência Nacional de Saúde e a classe de médicos assistentes no que tange ao monitoramente de tecnologias em saúde, estes por não notificarem os EA (evento adverso) e QT (queixa técnica) ao órgão regulatório, e a Agência que, por conseguinte, não divulga amplamente esta ferramenta a quem de fato deveria ser o alvo de atenção, pois são estes que utilizam, na prática diária, os produtos registrados no Brasil. Na tentativa de facilitar a conferência de dados imprescindíveis relacionados à OPME(órteses, próteses e materiais especiais) entre eles próteses para quadril, elaborou-se uma revista eletrônica intitulada Guia Prático para checagem de questões sobre segurança e qualidade de dispositivos médicos cirúrgicos de acordo com procedimentos da ANVISA. / Identification factors related to safety and quality of prostheses for total hip arthroplasty according to the orthopedic specialists, as well as the search and checking for information from the legal instruments of regulation such as the registry made by the Ministry of Health and corresponding label functioning instructions containing the exact description of the characteristics of the devices, alert notifications for technical surveillance, etc., can lead to criteria that minimize errors and avoid adverse events when choosing hip implants, during the process of request, release, deliver and use of the product. In order to investigate this context, a survey was made by means of a questionnaire where members of the Hip Brazilian Society answered selected questions. Data from answers have shown that 72% of respondents do not believe that the ANVISA (National Health Agency) product registration is part of a safety and quality process for health products in Brazil, and another 72% are unaware of the pos market monitoring tool called Tecnovigilância. However, 94% of the medical doctors state that they already have found prosthetic failure throughout their career, other 94% indicate that the failure occurred with national prostheses, and in 60% of these cases the supplier was contacted and not the ANVISA, and for other 30 % of failures nothing was done. The exposure of these data is worrying since it reflects the gap between ANVISA and the physicians in regard to monitoring health technologies. Also, the doctors do not notify adverse events to the regulatory Agency and the Agency therefore does not disseminate this tool to those who actually should be the focus of attention since they use the products in their daily practice. Finally, in order to facilitate data verification of health products, in special hip phrostheses, a practical electronic guide was developed where questions and doubts about safety and quality of medical devices can be checked according to the ANVISA procedures.

Aseptic loosening due to polyethylene wear presents one of the most frequently occurring joint replacement complications requiring a revision surgery. Numerous scientific works and publications deal with the issue of morphology, determination and distribution of wear particles. Few studies, however, determine reliably amounts of particles in individual periprosthetic zones. The objective of this work was to evaluate the correlation between amounts of wear particles and periprosthetic osteolysis findings. Description of distribution of these particles in the surroundings of joint replacement presented further objectives of the work. Wear particles were isolated from granuloma obtained during revisions of total hip replacements. Amounts of wear particles were determined using IRc. These findings were correlated with X-ray examinations and intraoperative findings. Method of progressive enzymatic degradation of tissue was used in order to describe wear particles distribution in polyethylene granuloma and surrounding periprosthetic tissues. Results showed uneven incidence of wear particles in the surroundings of the total joint replacement. The incidence correlated with X-ray examinations and intraoperative findings. Distribution of particles was described as well as new determination methods and further...

Predložená dizertačná práca sa zaoberá analýzou opotrebenia totálnych bedrových endoprotéz za použitia optických metód. V práci bol predstavený nový prístup hodnotenia objemového úbytku materiálu pomocou 3D optického skeneru. Tento nový prístup je časovo efektívny, poskytuje veľké množstvo snímaných bodov na povrchu implantátu. Množstvo bodov umožňuje presnejšiu rekonštrukciu pôvodnej geometrie a prípadné rekonštrukcie nežiaducich poškodení polyetylénovej vložky pri extrakcii. Predstavené metóda bola validovaná za pomoci štandardizovanej gravimetrickej metódy v súlade s ISO 14242. Následne bol optická skenovacia metóda použitá v troch štúdiách zameraných na analýzu opotrebenia, mechanické zmeny artikulujúceho povrchu a mikroštruktúrne zmeny v dôsledku zlyhania implantátu. Analýza 23 extrahovaných polyetylénových vložiek typ Bicon - plus s rozšíreným použitím v Českej republike poukázala na niektoré problémy spojené so zlyhaním implantátu. Adhezívno - abrazívne opotrebenie bolo identifikované v oblasti penetrácie femurálnej hlavice a následné poškodenia ako delaminácia materiálu , plastické deformácie a pitting boli pozorované v okolí tejto oblasti. Analýza materiálových vlastností poukázala na degradáciu mechanických a chemických vlastností, čo bolo prevažne závislé od rozsahu opotrebenia implantátu. U implantátov boli pozorované výrazné plastické deformácie , nárast oxidačného indexu a nižší pomer tvrdosti voči modulu elasticity, v porovnaní s novými vzorkami. Tečenie materiálu a plastické deformácie, ktoré vykazovali všetky extrahované vzorky boli analyzované v závere predloženej dizertačnej práce, na základe testov na nových implantátoch v zábehovom cykle. Cieľom práce je uviesť nový prístup analýzy opotrebenia polyetylénových vložiek za pomoci optických skenovacích metód a preukázať jeho použiteľnosť na analýze súboru extrahovaných implantátov. Výsledky získané pomocou tejto metódy sa ukázali ako vhodné a môžu viesť k lepšiemu pochopeniu procesov opotrebenia a zlyhávania implantátov.

This work analyzes problems of friction and lubrication of total hip replacement (THR). At first, experimental study of friction coefficient under various conditions was conducted using hip joint simulator based on principle of pendulum. After that, lubrication film development was observed, using colorimetric interferometry with head from THR and glass cup with respect of geometry and clearance to cups made originally for THR. With respect to research study [25] it was found that increasing contact conformity leads to increased film thickness. Also protein adsorption on articulating surfaces was observed. Thanks to adsorption 80 nm film thickness was measured even if relative surface speed was zero. Furthermore protein aggregation was observed on the border of contact zone, similar aggregations were observed by Myant et al. [29] or Vrbka et al. [25]. These aggregations are formed when lubricant is under shear stress and it can positively affect film thickness. If the relative motion of articulating surfaces is not sufficient, the protein layer can`t be refreshed enough and film thickness start decreasing. Coefficient of friction 0,13 was measured when lubricating film development was observed. Close to this value are material combinations metal on polyethylene and metal on metal.

Among other factors, optimism has been shown to significantly influence the course of some diseases (cancer, HIV, coronary heart disease). This study investigated whether optimism of a patient before a total hip replacement can predict the functionality of the lower limbs 3 and 6 months after surgery. A total of 325 patients took part in the study (age: 58.7 years; w: 55%). The functionality was measured with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities arthrosis index, and optimism with the Life Orientation Test. To analyse the influences of age, gender and optimism, general linear models were calculated. In optimistic patients, functionality improved significantly over time. The study showed a clear influence of dispositional optimism on the recovery after total hip replacement in the first 3 months after surgery.