Biomechanics and pathomechanisms of osteoarthritis

C Egloff, T Hügle, V Valderrabano - Swiss medical weekly, 2012 - smw.ch
Today, the most frequent chronic musculoskeletal disorder and the leading cause of
disability in the elderly is osteoarthritis (OA). Approximately 43 million people in the United …

Gait modification strategies for altering medial knee joint load: a systematic review

M Simic, RS Hinman, TV Wrigley… - Arthritis care & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the effect of gait modification strategies on the external knee
adduction moment (KAM), a marker of medial knee joint load; determine potentially adverse …

Toe-in gait reduces the first peak knee adduction moment in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis

PB Shull, R Shultz, A Silder, JL Dragoo, TF Besier… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The first peak of the knee adduction moment has been linked to the presence, severity, and
progression of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. The objective of this study was to …

Effect of a home program of hip abductor exercises on knee joint loading, strength, function, and pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: a clinical trial

EA Sled, L Khoja, KJ Deluzio, SJ Olney… - Physical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Hip abductor muscle weakness may result in impaired frontal-plane pelvic
control during gait, leading to greater medial compartment loading in people with knee …

Conservative biomechanical strategies for knee osteoarthritis

ND Reeves, FL Bowling - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2011 - nature.com
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent forms of this disease, with the medial
compartment most commonly affected. The direction of external forces and limb orientation …

[HTML][HTML] Altering foot progression angle in people with medial knee osteoarthritis: the effects of varying toe-in and toe-out angles are mediated by pain and …

M Simic, TV Wrigley, RS Hinman, MA Hunt… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate if altering the foot progression angle (FPA) by varying magnitudes
during gait alters the external knee adduction moment (KAM), knee flexion moment (KFM) …

Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a prospective cohort study of gait, radiographic, and patient‐reported outcomes

TB Birmingham, JR Giffin… - Arthritis Care & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the effect of medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy on gait,
radiographic, and patient‐reported outcomes over a 2‐year postoperative period in patients …

Gait differs between unilateral and bilateral knee osteoarthritis

MW Creaby, KL Bennell, MA Hunt - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Creaby MW, Bennell KL, Hunt MA. Gait differs between unilateral and bilateral knee
osteoarthritis. OBJECTIVES: To compare walking biomechanics in the most painful leg, and …

Gait analysis methods for rodent models of osteoarthritis

BY Jacobs, HE Kloefkorn, KD Allen - Current pain and headache reports, 2014 - Springer
Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) primarily seek treatment due to pain and disability, yet the
primary endpoints for rodent OA models tend to be histological measures of joint destruction …

Footwear affects the gearing at the ankle and knee joints during running

B Braunstein, A Arampatzis, P Eysel… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective of the study was to investigate the adjustment of running mechanics by
wearing five different types of running shoes on tartan compared to barefoot running on …