The Long-term Pedibarographic Outcomes of Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Arthrodesis
Principal Investigator: Dr. Iain Russell
Funding: Alberta Arthroplasty Research Group
The pedibarographic outcomes study examines how joint replacement, or arthroplasty, and bone fusion, or arthrodesis – two different approaches to treating arthritis of the ankle – affect motion throughout the foot.
The study is following a group of arthroplasty patients and a group of arthrodesis patients in Alberta for a period of 10 years. It is also examining the impact of the two procedures on patient quality of life.