Joint loading of the hip and knee measured in vivo during different activities

After total joint replacement, patients aim to resume typical activities of daily living but also to perform sportive and athletic activities. However, there is only little knowledge about the in vivo joint loads acting during such activities. Furthermore the group of patients receiving an artificial joint replacement are getting younger and more active, hence their requirement on the outcome and especially the load capacity and lifetime of such implants are increasing. For more than 2 decades, our group has been focused on in vivo load measurements. One of our aims is to support clinicians, physiotherapists, engineers but also patients with realistic knowledge about the in vivo joint loading during several activities. Some data have previously been published about the loading during rehabilitation, activities of daily living but also athletic activities.