Is knee joint proprioception worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in unilateral knee osteoarthritis?
Impaired proprioception is not exclusively a local result of disease in knee OA. The relative importance of impaired proprioception in the development and progression of knee OA will require longitudinal study.
During pneumoperitoneum, younger children absorb proportionately more CO2 than older individuals. The short-lived increase in CO2 elimination postdesufflation may be related to an increase in venous return from the lower limbs after release of the abdominal pressure. These findings suggest that small children warrant close monitoring during laparoscopy and during the immediate postoperative period.