Current total knee arthroplasty designs offer excellent pain relief, reproducible results, improving survivorship, and the ability for patients to return to many ADLs.

But studies have shown that while TKA is enormously successful in all of the above, it only is marginal in restoring function. Studies cite the dissatisfaction patients have with their implant replacements, particularly with their functionality ability after surgery. ^1,2  One study found that, after THA, sports activity increased from 36% to 52%. After TKA, sports activities decreased from 42% to 34%. ³

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Clinical References

<sub>1. Weiss JM, Noble PC, Conditt MA, et al. What functional activities are important to patients with knee replacements? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2002 Nov;(404):172–88.
2. Noble PC, Gordon MJ, Weiss JM, Reddix RN, Conditt MA, Mathis KB. Does total knee replacement restore normal knee function? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Feb;(431):157–65.
3. The Ulm Osteoarthritis Study-K Huch.</sub>

Baby boomer patients, many with OA exacerbated by trauma or sports injuries, are a new challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. High demand and highly demanding, they are looking to recapture more active lifestyles.

For orthopaedic surgeons seeking options beyond traditional total knee arthroplasty, JOURNEY^◊ Active Knee Solutions is a family of advanced, customized products designed to treat early to midstage OA patients with implants that provide more normal feeling and motion through bone and ligament preservation or anatomic replication.