One of the main foundations of SKI is Research and in line with core agenda of the society, two research projects have been initiated by SKI Group
Sleep Pattern Disturbances In Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty And Its Effects On Functional Outcome
Studies have revealed that sleep disturbances are more common than expected in the healthy population and investigations of the preoperative and postoperative period of TKA have shown that sleep quality varies after the surgery. Studies have also revealed sleep disturbances in the early weeks and months following TKA. Insufficient sleep (4 hours or less) could lead to decreased pain threshold, deterioration in performance, daytime fatigue and emotional dysregulation.Following TKR surgery, several months of exercise and rehabilitation are necessary to regain functionality. Early aggressive mobilization of the joint has been found to speed recovery and shorten the hospital stay , and exercise-related muscle contraction aids in the movement of fluids, decreases pain, stabilizes and protects the joint and overall improves functioning. Prior research has found that subjective pain reports are associated with difficulty in completing the tasks associated with everyday living in chronic pain patients. Therefore, it follows that, to the extent that pain interferes with necessary exercise and rehabilitation following TKR, postsurgical pain may impede postsurgical recovery. Good sleep quality is of great importance to postoperative rehabilitation and can improve the results after TKA. However, these studies are lacking in terms of comparison of sleep quality between the pre- and postoperative periods.
The primary objective of this study is to assess the effect of TKR on sleep quality in treatment of osteoarthritis. The patients will be evaluated at various time intervals: preoperative, immediate postoperatively, postoperative 6th week, 6th month and 1 year. Other comorbidities affecting sleep quality, effects of related variables such as age, body mass index, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption and duration of symptoms will also be investigated.
Intra-operative Anthropometric Knee Measurement Study for India
This study aims to Provide a set of morphological database for Indian Population to provide reference data set for Implant developments & Validations. It will also Measure Symmetry vs asymmetry in tibia and femoral cut surfaces in Indian Population and try to establish correlation between Intraoperative and Preoperative radiographs with this respect
Prophylaxis for preventing venous thromboembolism in knee arthroscopy and soft tissue reconstruction: consensus statements from an international panel of experts
