This study compared rheumatoid arthritis (RA) post-menopausal women with pathological
involvement of the lower limb joints and age-matched post-menopausal women without RA …

This study compared rheumatoid arthritis (RA) post-menopausal women with pathological
involvement of the lower limb joints and age-matched post-menopausal women without RA …

The purpose of this study was to compare rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women
(RAPW) with pathological involvement of the lower limb joints and age-matched healthy post …

BACKGROUND: Persons with knee osteoarthritis demonstrate a reduction in knee joint
excursion during loading response which is often coupled with a reduction in the moment …

Purpose: Knee sagittal plane dynamic joint stiffness (DJS) is the interaction between the
external knee flexion moment and knee flexion joint excursion, quantified as the slope of the …

Methods The 26 RA postmenopausal women selected for this retrospective study (without
early RA and lower limbs prostheses) answered the question:" How many times did you fall …

Objective To investigate the construct validity of walking knee stiffness as a measure to
differentiate between individuals with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA) and the construct …

Background Knee osteoarthritis (OA) often occurs in older women. Walking assistance such
as knee brace is used to reduce mechanical stress on the knee, preventing OA onset …

BACKGROUND: Stiffness is a common complaint in individuals with knee osteoarthritis and
is a component of the osteoarthritis diagnosis. Yet the relationship between stiffness and …

Purpose (the aim of the study): Walking biomechanics play a role in knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Specifically, dynamic knee joint stiffness (DKJS) during walking is associated with OA …