BACKGROUND: Walking speed has implications for community functioning and is predictive
of important outcomes. Determining whether an individual's walking speed is limited …

In this article, the authors posit that, because osteoarthritis (OA) involves all of the tissues of
the synovial joint, the emphasis on the loss of cartilage, in particular, is misguided. In …

Measures of human movement dynamics can predict outcomes like injury risk or
musculoskeletal disease progression. However, these measures are rarely quantified in …

Many neurological and musculoskeletal diseases impair movement, which limits people's
function and social participation. Quantitative assessment of motion is critical to medical …

Objective To test the hypothesis that knee cartilage changes over 5 years are associated
with baseline peak knee adduction moment (KAM) and peak knee flexion moment (KFM) …

Objective This study tested the hypothesis that gait changes related to knee osteoarthritis
(OA) of varied severity are associated with increased loads at the ankle, knee, and hip …

The initiation of osteoarthritis occurs when healthy cartilage experiences some condition
(traumatic or chronic) that causes kinematic changes during ambulation at the knee to shift …

Mechanical factors have been implicated in the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Understanding how these factors change as the condition progresses would elucidate their …

The response of healthy and diseased cartilage of the knee to the mechanics of walking is
examined, with the goal of providing insight into the relationship between the kinematics and …

Despite the multifactorial nature of musculoskeletal disease, obesity consistently emerges
as a key and potentially modifiable risk factor in the onset and progression of …