著者

藤田 裕 野中 崇大 原田 豪人 片岡 正尚 原 弘明 福井 宣善 福塚 美穂 宮﨑 博子

出版者

日本スキー学会

雑誌

スキー研究 (ISSN:1349449X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, no.1, pp.29-33, 2019 (Released:2020-04-24)

参考文献数

7

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Knee is the most frequent joint to be injured among skiers. We report a case who suffered destructive osteoarthrosis of unilateral knee and could return to skiing after combined treatments including total knee arthroplasty, rehabilitation and wearing knee brace. 69 years old man has been skiing for more than 50 years. He has been suffering from left knee pain these 3 years. Though conservative treatments such as taking NSAIDs and wearing knee brace were tried, his left knee pain was not relieved. He was consulted to our hospital and agreed to take total knee arthroplasty( TKA). The operation was performed under general anesthesia and KU type( Kyocera Medical Co., Ltd.) artificial joint was fixed with polymethyl-methacrylate bone cement to the bones. Rehabilitation was started postoperative day 1. He was discharged to the home postoperative day 33. Hard knee brace was applied during skiing to reinforce stability of the operated knee. 9 months after the operation, he could ski at the gentle slope and at 1 year at the steep slope in the Alps area in Switzerland. He was able to ski also in next season without pain and functional condition of his left knee is maintained at 2 years postoperative. Combination of TKA, rehabilitation and wearing knee brace are essential to return and to keep skiing for damaged knee.