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Old 01-20-2014, 08:56 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by ghfromaltonbay View Post
When my mother had double TKR back in 2004 the doctor told her she could never kneel again. Have things changed in 10 years? Mom's surgery was done at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and her surgeon only does knees. Just wondering if they are using different replacement knees to make kneeling possible now.
Double TKR are an entirely different game. In my opinion, your body has a harder time recovering from that type of operation and the chances are less likely to get to the point that others will.
Like I said, this is my opinion and there probably isn't any research on that statement. In my experience, double TKR don't get as much ROM as a single does therefor the kneeling is also harder to do. 1 year after do they? Never have had the opportunity to re-measure to see. Would be interesting for me to check out sometime though
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