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Methods: In this retrospective study, 101 patients who underwent TKA and whose serial whole-body EOS X-ray were available were included. The relationship of the knee and spinopelvic alignment was analyzed by evaluating the parameters of standing anterior-posterior and lateral whole-body EOS X-ray. The differences between postoperative passive motion and weight-bearing posture in the knee joint were assessed in both coronal and sagittal planes. Furthermore, the causes of such differences were analyzed. Results: Significant correlations between \u0394pelvic obliquity and coronal \u0394Hip-Knee-Ankle (HKA)Rt-Lt angle between the preoperative and 3-month and 1-year postoperative data (p &lt; 0.001 and p &lt; 0.005, respectively) and improved with coronal lower limb alignment close to neutral resulted in decreased pelvic obliquity (p &lt; 0.001, \u00df = 0.085 and p = 0.005, \u00df = 0.065, respectively) were observed. The correlations between \u0394pelvic tilt (PT) and \u0394sacral slope (SS) and sagittal \u0394HKARt-Lt angle were statistically significant (PT: p &lt; 0.001 and p &lt; 0.045; SS: p = 0.002 and p &lt; 0.001, respectively). The improved sagittal alignment close to neutral resulted in decreased PT and increased SS. The difference between postoperative passive motion and the weight-bearing posture of the knee joint was correlated with lumbar lordosis and sagittal C7 plumb line-sacrum distance (p = 0.042 and p &lt; 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: The correction of lower limb alignment with TKA affected pelvic parameters dominantly; however, there was little effect on the spinal alignment. Additionally, patients with anterior stooping or lumbar flat back demonstrated difference in extension between passive knee motion and standing. Therefore, rather than only focusing on changes in the knee alignment correction, knee surgeons should also evaluate the spinopelvic alignment before surgery to consider the prognosis of the standing and predict the possible changes in the whole-body alignment. This preoperative assessment may improve the prognosis of TKA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10153242","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,23]],"date-time":"2021-07-23T04:29:14Z","timestamp":1627014554000},"page":"3242","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Effects of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Coronal and Sagittal Whole-Body Alignments: Serial Assessments Using Whole-Body EOS"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Seong-Chan","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 463-707, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jeju Hyein Foundation Hankook General Hospital, Jeju-si 63183, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9162-0560","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Han-Gyeol","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 463-707, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joo-Sung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 463-707, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tae-Woo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul 07061, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong-Seuk","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 463-707, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1459","DOI":"10.2106\/JBJS.15.01173","article-title":"Complex Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Long-Term Outcomes","volume":"98","author":"Martin","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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