Effects of bilateral medial knee osteoarthritis on intra- and inter-limb contributions to body support during gait
Journal
Journal of Biomechanics
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
2
Pages
445
Date Issued
2014-01-22
Author(s)
Abstract
Patients with knee OA show altered gait patterns, affecting their quality of living. The current study aimed to quantify the effects of bilateral knee OA on the intra-limb and inter-limb sharing of the support of the body during gait. Fifteen patients with mild, 15 with severe bilateral knee OA, and 15 healthy controls walked along a walkway while the kinematic and kinetic data were measured. Compared with the controls, the patients significantly reduced their knee extensor moments and the corresponding contributions to the total support moment in the sagittal plane (p<0.05). For compensation, the mild OA group significantly increased the hip extensor moments (p[removed]
Subjects
Gait
Knee osteoarthritis
Motion analysis
Support moment
SDGs
Type
journal article