Fig 1.
KENKO YUSURI® vibrates with the patient’s heel to automate rapid, short, up-and-down movements. The jiggling exercise was performed on a chair in the sitting position to avoid deep flexion of the hip.
Table 1.
Details of nine patients with hip osteoarthritis.
Fig 2.
Measurement of the minimum joint space width (JSW).
The minimum JSW was measured at three locations: lateral JSW (a), center JSW (b), and medial JSW (c), or at a fourth location if another minimum JSW was observed. Minimum JSW was selected as the smallest measurement.
Fig 3.
Recording from a single subject (patient A) showing radiographic changes in hip joint.
At hospital admission (A), discharge (B), and at the 6-month post-discharge checkup (C).
Table 2.
Results of joint space width of the hip joint in nine patients (mm).
Table 3.
Results of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association hip score for pain in nine patients (points).