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Exercise Alters Gait Pattern but Not Knee Load in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Joint Authors
Hsieh, Lin-Fen
Hsu, Wei-Chun
Lin, Yi-Jia
Chang, Ssu-Yu
Lin, Yuan-Hsiang
Chang, Chao-Chin
Chou, You-Cai
Chen, Li-Fei
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-09-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Six female patients with bilateral medial knee OA and 6 healthy controls were recruited.
Patients with knee OA received a 6-week physiotherapist-supervised and home-based exercise program.
Outcome measures, including the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index and Short Form-36 Health Survey as well as objective biomechanical indices were obtained at baseline and follow-up.
After treatment, no significant difference was observed in the knee abductor moment (KAM), lever arm, and ground reaction force.
We, however, observed significantly improved pain and physical function as well as altered gait patterns, including a higher hip flexor moment and hip extension angle with a faster walking speed.
Although KAM was unchanged, patients with bilateral knee OA showed an improved walking speed and altered the gait pattern after 6 weeks of supervised exercise.
This finding suggests that the exercise intervention improves proximal joint mechanics during walking and can be considered for patients with bilateral knee OA.
Non-weight-bearing strengthening without external resistance combined with stretching exercise may be an option to improve pain and function in individuals with OA who cannot perform high resistance exercises owing to pain or other reasons.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chang, Ssu-Yu& Lin, Yi-Jia& Hsu, Wei-Chun& Hsieh, Lin-Fen& Lin, Yuan-Hsiang& Chang, Chao-Chin…[et al.]. 2016. Exercise Alters Gait Pattern but Not Knee Load in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098795
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chang, Ssu-Yu…[et al.]. Exercise Alters Gait Pattern but Not Knee Load in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098795
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chang, Ssu-Yu& Lin, Yi-Jia& Hsu, Wei-Chun& Hsieh, Lin-Fen& Lin, Yuan-Hsiang& Chang, Chao-Chin…[et al.]. Exercise Alters Gait Pattern but Not Knee Load in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098795
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098795