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Bennett HJ, Estler K, Valenzuela K, Weinhandl JT. Predicting Knee Joint Contact Forces During Normal Walking Using Kinematic Inputs With a Long-Short Term Neural Network. J Biomech Eng 2024; 146:081004. [PMID: 38270972 DOI: 10.1115/1.4064550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Knee joint contact forces are commonly estimated via surrogate measures (i.e., external knee adduction moments or musculoskeletal modeling). Despite its capabilities, modeling is not optimal for clinicians or persons with limited experience. The purpose of this study was to design a novel prediction method for knee joint contact forces that is simplistic in terms of required inputs. This study included marker trajectories and instrumented knee forces during normal walking from the "Grand Challenge" (n = 6) and "CAMS" (n = 2) datasets. Inverse kinematics were used to derive stance phase hip (sagittal, frontal, transverse), knee (sagittal, frontal), ankle (sagittal), and trunk (frontal) kinematics. A long-short term memory network (LSTM) was created using matlab to predict medial and lateral knee force waveforms using combinations of the kinematics. The Grand Challenge and CAMS datasets trained and tested the network, respectively. Musculoskeletal modeling forces were derived using static optimization and joint reaction tools in OpenSim. Waveform accuracy was determined as the proportion of variance and root-mean-square error between network predictions and in vivo data. The LSTM network was highly accurate for medial forces (R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 0.27 BW) and required only frontal hip and knee and sagittal hip and ankle kinematics. Modeled medial force predictions were excellent (R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 0.33 BW). Lateral force predictions were poor for both methods (LSTM R2 = 0.18, RMSE = 0.08 BW; modeling R2 = 0.21, RMSE = 0.54 BW). The designed LSTM network outperformed most reports of musculoskeletal modeling, including those reached in this study, revealing knee joint forces can accurately be predicted by using only kinematic input variables.
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- Hunter J Bennett
- Neuromechanics Laboratory, Old Dominion University, 1007 Student Recreation Center, Norfolk, VA 23529
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- Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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- Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840
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- Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
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Durstberger S, Widhalm K, Putz P. Effects of smartphone use while walking on external knee abduction moment peak: A crossover randomized trial on an instrumented treadmill. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21163. [PMID: 37954323 PMCID: PMC10632688 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Introduction In addition to its effects on cognitive awareness, smartphone use while walking may reduce the speed, regularity, and symmetry of walking. Although its effects on spatiotemporal gait parameters, such as walking speed and step width, have already been studied, little is currently known about the impact of smartphone dual tasking on lower limb kinetics. Research question Does smartphone use during walking alter gait patterns (i.e., walking speed and step width) and consequently external knee moments? Methods In a four-period crossover trial, external knee moment peaks, walking speed, and step width were assessed in 27 healthy adults during matched-speed walking, self-paced walking, self-paced walking with spoken calculation tasks, and self-paced walking with smartphone-entered calculation tasks. Differences between the smartphone use condition and all other conditions were determined using repeated measures ANOVA with predefined contrasts. Results Decreased walking speed and increased step width were observed during smartphone use. The mean external knee abduction moment peak (Nm/kg) differed significantly (p < 0.01) across the intervention condition, namely walking with smartphone-entered calculations (0.15; 95 % CI: 0.12, 0.18), and the control conditions, namely matched-speed walking (0.11; 95 % CI: 0.08, 0.13), self-paced walking (0.11; 95 % CI: 0.09, 0.14), and walking with spoken calculations (0.14; 95 % CI: 0.12, 0.16). After confounder adjustment for walking speed, step width, gender, and age, this primary outcome was significantly different between using the smartphone and self-paced walking (p < 0.01, r = 0.51). This effect size was reduced when comparing smartphone use with spoken calculations (p = 0.04, r = 0.32). Conclusion When using a smartphone while walking, walking speed is slowed down, step width is increased, and knee moments are adversely altered compared to walking without dual tasking. These altered knee moments are partially, but not entirely, attributable to the cognitive calculation task. These effects are age-independent, but women are more affected than men. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether sustained walking while using a smartphone adversely affects the development of knee joint pathologies.
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- Sebastian Durstberger
- FH Campus Wien – University of Applied Sciences, Department Health Sciences, Favoritenstrasse 226, 1100, Vienna, Austria
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- FH Campus Wien – University of Applied Sciences, Department Health Sciences, Favoritenstrasse 226, 1100, Vienna, Austria
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- FH Campus Wien – University of Applied Sciences, Department Health Sciences, Favoritenstrasse 226, 1100, Vienna, Austria
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Gerbrands TA, Pisters MF, Verschueren S, Vanwanseele B. Determining the optimal gait modification strategy for patients with knee osteoarthritis: Trunk lean or medial thrust? Gait Posture 2023; 102:1-9. [PMID: 36870264 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2023.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The gait modification strategies Trunk Lean and Medial Thrust have been shown to reduce the external knee adduction moment (EKAM) in patients with knee osteoarthritis which could contribute to reduced progression of the disease. Which strategy is most optimal differs between individuals, but the underlying mechanism that causes this remains unknown. RESEARCH QUESTION Which gait parameters determine the optimal gait modification strategy for individual patients with knee osteoarthritis? METHODS Forty-seven participants with symptomatic medial knee osteoarthritis underwent 3-dimensional motion analysis during comfortable gait and with two gait modification strategies: Medial Thrust and Trunk Lean. Kinematic and kinetic variables were calculated. Participants were then categorized into one of the two subgroups, based on the modification strategy that reduced the EKAM the most for them. Multiple logistic regression analysis with backward elimination was used to investigate the predictive nature of dynamic parameters obtained during comfortable walking on the optimal modification gait strategy. RESULTS For 68.1 % of the participants, Trunk Lean was the optimal strategy in reducing the EKAM. Baseline characteristics, kinematics and kinetics did not differ significantly between subgroups during comfortable walking. Changes to frontal trunk and tibia angles correlated significantly with EKAM reduction during the Trunk Lean and Medial Thrust strategies, respectively. Regression analysis showed that MT is likely optimal when the frontal tibia angle range of motion and peak knee flexion angle in early stance during comfortable walking are high (R2Nagelkerke = 0.12). SIGNIFICANCE Our regression model based solely on kinematic parameters from comfortable walking contained characteristics of the frontal tibia angle and knee flexion angle. As the model explains only 12.3 % of variance, clinical application does not seem feasible. Direct assessment of kinetics seems to be the most optimal strategy for selecting the most optimal gait modification strategy for individual patients with knee osteoarthritis.
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- T A Gerbrands
- Fontys Allied Health Professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
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- Fontys Allied Health Professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Physical Therapy Science and Sport, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands; Center for Physical Therapy Research and Innovation in Primary Care, Leidsche Rijn Julius Health Care Centers, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Fontys Allied Health Professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Byrnes SK, Holder J, Stief F, Wearing S, Böhm H, Dussa CU, Horstmann T. Frontal plane knee moment in clinical gait analysis: A systematic review on the effect of kinematic gait changes. Gait Posture 2022; 98:39-48. [PMID: 36049417 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.07.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The frontal plane knee moment (KAM1 and KAM2) derived from non-invasive three-dimensional gait analysis is a surrogate measure for knee joint load and of great interest in clinical and research settings. Many aspects can influence this measure either unintentionally or purposely in order to reduce the knee joint load to relieve symptoms and pain. All these aspects must be known when conducting a study or interpreting gait data for clinical decision-making. METHODS This systematic review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020187038). Pubmed and Web of Science were searched for peer-reviewed, original research articles in which unshod three-dimensional gait analysis was undertaken and KAM1 and KAM2 were included as an outcome variable. Two reviewers independently screened articles for inclusion, extracted data and performed a methodological quality assessment using Downs and Black checklist. RESULTS In total, 42 studies were included. Based on the independent variable investigated, these studies were divided into three groups: 1) gait modifications, 2) individual characteristics and 3) idiopathic orthopedic deformities. Among others, fast walking speeds (1) were found to increase KAM1; There were no sex-related differences (2) and genu valgum (3) reduces KAM1 and KAM2. CONCLUSION While consistent use of terminology and reporting of KAM is required for meta-analysis, this review indicates that gait modifications (speed, trunk lean, step width), individual characteristics (body weight, age) and idiopathic orthopedic deformities (femoral or tibial torsion, genu valgum/varum) influence KAM magnitudes during walking. These factors should be considered by researchers when designing studies (especially of longitudinal design) or by clinicians when interpreting data for surgical and therapeutic decision-making.
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- S Kimberly Byrnes
- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Kind im Zentrum - Chiemgau, Aschau, Germany; Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Kind im Zentrum - Chiemgau, Aschau, Germany
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Medical Park St. Hubertus Klinik, Bad Wiessee, Germany
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Molina-Garcia P, Molina-Molina A, Smeets A, Migueles JH, Ortega FB, Vanrenterghem J. Effects of integrative neuromuscular training on the gait biomechanics of children with overweight and obesity. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2022; 32:1119-1130. [PMID: 35398912 PMCID: PMC9540886 DOI: 10.1111/sms.14163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Objective To analyze whether 13 weeks of integrative neuromuscular training can benefit spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters of gait in children with overweight/obesity. Methods This is a non‐randomized controlled trial. Fifty children (10.77 ± 1.24 years, 31 girls) with overweight/obesity were allocated to an exercise group (EG) (n = 25) that carried out a 13‐week exercise program based on fundamental movement skills, strength activities and aerobic training, and a control group (CG) (n = 25) that followed their normal lifestyle. Spatiotemporal (i.e., cadence, stance and support times, step length, and stride width) and kinematic (i.e., hip, pelvis, knee, and ankle angles) parameters were evaluated under laboratory conditions through a 3D analysis. ANCOVA was used to test raw and z‐score differences between the EG and CG at post‐exercise, adjusting for pre‐exercise values. Results The EG maintained their baseline stance and single‐limb support times while the CG increased them during walking (groups’ difference: 3.1 and 1.9 centiseconds). The EG maintained baseline maximum foot abduction angle during the stance phase whereas the CG showed an increase (groups’ difference: 3.9º). Additional analyses on kinematic profiles demonstrated that the EG walked with similar pelvic tilt and ankle abduction angles at post‐exercise, while the CG increased the pelvic anterior tilt in the whole stance phase (mean groups’ difference: 7.7º) and the ankle abduction angles in early‐ and mid‐stance phases (mean groups’ difference: 4.6º). No changes were observed in the rest of spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters. Conclusions The integrative neuromuscular training stopped the progression of some biomechanical alterations during walking in children with overweight/obesity. These findings could contribute to preventing common movement‐derived musculoskeletal disorders in this population, as well as preserving an optimal mechanical efficiency during walking.
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- Pablo Molina-Garcia
- PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through PHYSICAL ACTIVITY" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Biohealth Research Institute, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain
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- Campus Universitario, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain.,Research Group CTS-545 ERGOLAB "Sport Physical Activity and Ergonomy to Life Quality", Department of Physical and Sports Education, Faculty of Sports Science, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through PHYSICAL ACTIVITY" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska, Sweden
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- PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through PHYSICAL ACTIVITY" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska, Sweden
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- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Mao YR, Zhao JL, Bian MJ, Lo WLA, Leng Y, Bian RH, Huang DF. Spatiotemporal, kinematic and kinetic assessment of the effects of a foot drop stimulator for home-based rehabilitation of patients with chronic stroke: a randomized clinical trial. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2022; 19:56. [PMID: 35672756 PMCID: PMC9172181 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01036-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Gait disability affects the daily lives of patients with stroke in both home and community settings. An abnormal foot–ankle position can cause instability on the supporting surface and negatively affect gait. Our research team explored the ability of a portable peroneal nerve-targeting electrical stimulator to improve gait ability by adjusting the foot–ankle position during walking in patients with chronic stroke undergoing home-based rehabilitation.
Methods
This was a double-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial. Thirty-one patients with chronic stroke and ankle–foot motor impairment were randomized to receive 3 weeks of gait training, which involved using the transcutaneous peroneal nerve stimulator while walking (tPNS group; n = 16, mean age: 52.25 years), or conventional home and/or community gait training therapy (CT group; n = 15, mean age: 54.8 years). Functional assessments were performed before and after the 3-week intervention. The outcome measures included spatiotemporal gait parameters, three-dimensional kinematic and kinetic data on the ankle–foot joint, and a clinical motor and balance function assessment based on the Fugl–Meyer Assessment of Lower Extremity (FMA-LE) and Berg Balance scales (BBS). Additionally, 16 age-matched healthy adults served as a baseline control of three-dimensional gait data for both trial groups.
Results
The FMA-LE and BBS scores improved in both the tPNS groups (p = 0.004 and 0.001, respectively) and CT groups (p = 0.034 and 0.028, respectively) from before to after training. Participants in the tPNS group exhibited significant differences in spatiotemporal gait parameters, including double feet support, stride length, and walking speed of affected side, and the unaffected foot off within a gait cycle after training (p = 0.043, 0.017, 0.001 and 0.010, respectively). Additionally, the tPNS group exhibited significant differences in kinematic parameters, such as the ankle angle at the transverse plane (p = 0.021) and foot progression angle at the frontal plane (p = 0.009) upon initial contact, and the peak ankle joint angle at the transverse plane (p = 0.023) and foot progression angle (FPA) at the frontal and transverse planes (p = 0.032 and 0.046, respectively) during gait cycles after 3 weeks of training.
Conclusions
Use of a portable tPNS device during walking tasks appeared to improve spatiotemporal gait parameters and ankle and foot angles more effectively than conventional home rehabilitation in patients with chronic stroke. Although guidelines for home-based rehabilitation training services and an increasing variety of market devices are available, no evidence for improvement of motor function and balance was superior to conventional rehabilitation.
Trial registration Chictr, ChiCTR2000040137. Registered 22 November 2020, https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=64424
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Gait modification with subject-specific foot progression angle in people with moderate knee osteoarthritis: Investigation of knee adduction moment and muscle activity. Knee 2022; 35:124-132. [PMID: 35313241 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2022.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Subject-specific foot progression angle (SSFPA) as a personalized gait modification is a novel approach to specifically reducing knee adduction. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the effect of gait modification with SSFPA on the knee adduction moment and muscle activity in people with moderate knee osteoarthritis (KOA). METHODS In this clinical trial, nineteen volunteers with moderate KOA were instructed to walk in four different foot progression angle conditions (5° toe-out, 10° toe-out, 5° toe-in, and 10° toe-in) to determine SSFPA that caused the greatest reduction in the greater peak of the knee adduction moment (PKAM). Immediately and after 30 minutes of gait modification with SSFPA, peak root means square (PRMS) and medial and lateral co-contraction index (CCI) were evaluated in the knee muscles. RESULT Walking with 10° toe-in showed the most reduction in the greater PKAM (17.52 ± 15.39%) compared to 5° toe-in (7.1 ± 19.14%), 10° toe-out (1.26 ± 23.13%), and 5° toe-out (7.64 ± 16.71%). As the immediate effect, walking with SSFPA caused a 20.71 ± 12.07% reduction in the greater PKAM than the basic FPA (p < 0.001). After 30 minutes of gait retraining, the greater PKAM decreased by 10.36 ± 26.24%, but this reduction was not significant (p = 0.17). In addition, PRMS of lateral gastrocnemius increased (p = 0.04), and lateral CCI increased 10.72% during late stance (p = 0.04). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest the immediate effect of gait modification with SSFPA on decreasing the knee adduction moment. After gait retraining with SSFPA, the increase of lateral muscle co-contraction may enhance lateral knee muscle co-activity to unload the medial knee compartment. Clinical Trial Register Number: IRCT20101017004952N8.
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van Drongelen S, Braun S, Stief F, Meurer A. Comparison of Gait Symmetry and Joint Moments in Unilateral and Bilateral Hip Osteoarthritis Patients and Healthy Controls. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:756460. [PMID: 34805115 PMCID: PMC8599579 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.756460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Patients with unilateral hip osteoarthritis show a characteristic gait pattern in which they unload the affected leg and overload the unaffected leg. Information on the gait characteristics of patients with bilateral hip osteoarthritis is very limited. The main purposes of this study were to investigate whether the gait pattern of both legs of patients with bilateral hip osteoarthritis deviates from healthy controls and whether bilateral hip osteoarthritis patients show a more symmetrical joint load compared to unilateral hip osteoarthritis patients. In this prospective study, 26 patients with bilateral hip osteoarthritis, 26 patients with unilateral hip osteoarthritis and 26 healthy controls were included. The three groups were matched for gender, age and walking speed. Patients were scheduled for a unilateral total hip arthroplasty on the more affected/more painful side. All participants underwent a three-dimensional gait analysis. Gait kinematics and gait kinetics of patients and controls were compared using Statistical Parametric Mapping. Corrected for speed, the gait kinematics and kinetics of both legs of patients with bilateral hip osteoarthritis differed from healthy controls. Bilateral patients had symmetrical knee joint loading, in contrast to the asymmetrical knee joint loading in unilateral hip osteoarthritis patients. The ipsilateral leg of the bilateral patients could be included in studies in addition to unilateral hip osteoarthritis patients as no differences were found. Although patients with bilateral hip osteoarthritis show more symmetrical frontal plane knee joint moments, a pathological external knee adduction moment in the second half of stance was present in the ipsilateral leg in patients with unilateral and bilateral hip osteoarthritis. The lateral adjustment of the knee adduction moment may initiate or accelerate progression of degenerative changes in the lateral compartment of the knee.
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- S van Drongelen
- Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Research Unit for Osteoarthritis, Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Schelhaas R, Hajibozorgi M, Hortobágyi T, Hijmans JM, Greve C. Conservative interventions to improve foot progression angle and clinical measures in orthopedic and neurological patients - A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Biomech 2021; 130:110831. [PMID: 34741811 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To establish the comparative effects of conservative interventions on modifying foot progression angle (FPA) in children and adults with orthopaedic and neurological disease was the main aim of the literature review. Pubmed, Embase, Cinahl, and Web of Science were systematically searched for studies evaluating the effects of conservative interventions on correcting the FPA. The study protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020143512). Two reviewers independently assessed studies for inclusion and quality. Studies that assessed conservative interventions that could have affected the FPA and objectively measured the FPA were included. Within group Mean Differences (MD) and Standardized Mean Differences (SMDs) of the interventions were calculated for the change in FPA and gait performance (walking speed, stride/step length) and clinical condition (pain). Intervention effects on FPA were synthesized via meta-analysis or qualitatively. 41 studies were identified. For patients with knee osteoarthritis gait training interventions (MD = 6.69° and MD = 16.06°) were significantly more effective than mechanical interventions (MD = 0.44°) in modifying the FPA towards in-toeing (p < 0.00001). Increasing or decreasing the FPA significantly improved pain in patients with medial knee OA. Results were inconclusive for the effectiveness of gait training and mechanical devices in patients with neurological diseases. Gait feedback training is more effective than external devices to produce lasting improvements in FPA, reduce pain, and maintain gait performance in patients with medial knee OA. However, in neurological patients, the effects of external devices on improvements in FPA depends on the interaction between patient-specific impairments and the technical properties of the external device.
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- Reslin Schelhaas
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Sinclair J, Brooks D, Taylor PJ, Liles N. Effects of toe-in/ out toe-in gait and lateral wedge orthoses on lower extremity joint kinetics; an exploration using musculoskeletal simulation and Bayesian contrasts. SPORT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11332-021-00762-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Stief F, Holder J, Feja Z, Lotfolahpour A, Meurer A, Wilke J. Impact of subject-specific step width modification on the knee and hip adduction moments during gait. Gait Posture 2021; 89:161-168. [PMID: 34303070 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) exhibit an increased step width (SW) during walking before and up to 2 years after total hip arthroplasty. Wider SW is associated with a reduction in the external knee adduction moment (KAM), but there is a lack of research regarding the effect of SW on the hip adduction moment (HAM). RESEARCH QUESTION Is a wider SW an effective compensatory mechanism to reduce the hip joint loading? We hypothesized that (1) an increased SW reduces, (2) a decreased SW increases the KAM/HAM, and (3) secondary kinematic gait changes have an effect on the KAM/HAM. METHODS Twenty healthy individuals (24.0 ± 2.5 years of age) underwent instrumented gait analyses with 4 different subject-specific SW modifications (habitual, halved, double, and triple SW). The resulting external KAMs and HAMs were compared using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). RESULTS Post hoc testing demonstrated significantly lower HAM for both the double (p < 0.001, 15-31 % and 61-98 % of the stance phase) and the triple SW (p < 0.001, 1-36 % and 58-98 %) compared to the habitual SW. The extent of the reduction at the first and second peak was comparable for HAM (15-25 % reduction) and less pronounced at the first peak of KAM (9-11 % reduction) compared to the second peak of KAM (19-28 % reduction). In contrast, halving the SW did not lead to a significant change in KAM or HAM compared to the habitual SW (p > 0.009). SIGNIFICANCE An increase in SW is an effective and simple gait mechanism to reduce the frontal plane knee and hip joint moments. However, hypothesis 2 could not be confirmed, as halving the SW did not cause a significant change in KAM or HAM. Given the results of the present study, gait retraining with regard to an increased SW may be an adequate, noninvasive option for the treatment of patients with hip OA.
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- Felix Stief
- University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), Marienburgstraße 2, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), Marienburgstraße 2, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), Marienburgstraße 2, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Sports Medicine, Ginnheimer Landstraße 32, 60487 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Orthopedics (Friedrichsheim), Marienburgstraße 2, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Sports Medicine, Ginnheimer Landstraße 32, 60487 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Fujita R, Ota S, Ogawa Y, Ota H. Effects of walking with a "draw-in maneuver" on the knee adduction moment and hip muscle activity. J Phys Ther Sci 2021; 33:329-333. [PMID: 33935356 PMCID: PMC8079891 DOI: 10.1589/jpts.33.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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[Purpose] To investigate the effect of performing a draw-in maneuver (DI) on knee
adduction moment (KAM) and hip and trunk muscle activities while walking. [Participants
and Methods] We included 30 healthy young adults (21.5 ± 0.6 years, 16 males and 14
females) in this study. We measured the KAM and lever arm while participants walked with
either a normal gait or a DI gait. We also performed surface electromyography (EMG) of the
hip and trunk muscles (i.e., internal oblique abdominal muscle [IO], external oblique
abdominal muscle [EO], multifidus muscle [MF], and gluteus medius muscle [GM]). [Results]
The 1st peak of the KAM was significantly lower when walking with a DI gait compared to
when walking with a normal gait. The integrated EMG activity of the IO, EO, and GM during
the 1st half of the stance phase, and of the IO and EO during the 2nd half of the stance
phase was significantly higher during the DI than during normal gait. [Conclusion]
Compared with a normal gait, a DI gait leads to a decrease in the 1st peak of the KAM as a
result of the shorter lever arm, and an increase in the muscular activity of the GM, IO,
and EO.
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- Remi Fujita
- Department of Rehabilitation and Care, Seijoh University: 2-172 Fukinodai, Tokai, Aichi 476-8588, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Care, Seijoh University: 2-172 Fukinodai, Tokai, Aichi 476-8588, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Japan
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Byrnes SK, Wearing S, Böhm H, Dussa CU, Horstmann T. Effects of idiopathic flatfoot deformity on knee adduction moments during walking. Gait Posture 2021; 84:280-286. [PMID: 33418453 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Flatfoot deformity is commonly characterized by a subtalar valgus, a low medial longitudinal arch, and abduction of the forefoot. Although flatfoot deformity has been associated with lower first (KAM1) and second (KAM2) peak knee adduction moments during walking, the biomechanical connection remains unknown. RESEARCH QUESTION We hypothesized that hindfoot eversion, lateral calcaneal shift correlate with KAM1 and forefoot abduction and arch height with KAM2, due to the lateralization of the ground reaction force vector resulting from shifted heel and forefoot in flatfoot deformity. METHODS Gait data from 103 children with flatfoot deformity who underwent three-dimensional gait analysis with the Oxford Foot Model were retrospectively included. Children with knee varus/valgus, in- and out-toeing were excluded. Fifteen healthy children with a rectus foot type were also collected from the database. Lateral calcaneal shift was defined as the distance between the projection of the ankle joint center onto the calcaneal axis and the midpoint of the calcaneal axis formed by the medial and lateral calcaneal markers. A subgroup of children with idiopathic flatfoot deformity that had received corrective surgery was also identified. Statistical analysis included Pearson's correlations and independent and paired t-tests (α < .05). RESULTS When compared to a norm cohort, flatfooted children had significant lower KAM1 and KAM2 (t-test, P < .001). Lateral calcaneal shift correlated with KAM1 and KAM2 (r = 0.42, p < .001 and r = 0.32, P < .001, respectively). Arch height correlated with KAM2 (r = 0.23, p = 0.017). KAM1 and KAM2 normalized after surgery and the change in KAM1 correlated with the change in lateral calcaneal shift for children who underwent corrective surgery. SIGNIFICANCE Lateral calcaneal shift explains the reduction of KAM1 by lateralization of the point of force application in flatfooted children. It is recommended to consider the lateral calcaneal shift when investigating KAM in gait analysis research.
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- S Kimberly Byrnes
- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Germany; Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; Medical Park St. Hubertus Klinik, Bad Wiessee, Germany
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- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Germany
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Medical Park St. Hubertus Klinik, Bad Wiessee, Germany
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Bennett HJ, Valenzuela KA, Lynn SK, Weinhandl JT. Foot Rotation Gait Modifications Affect Hip and Ankle, But Not Knee, Stance Phase Joint Reaction Forces During Running. J Biomech Eng 2021; 143:021001. [PMID: 32734282 DOI: 10.1115/1.4047994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
Abstract
Alterations of foot rotation angles have successfully reduced external knee adduction moments during walking and running. However, reductions in knee adduction moments may not result in reductions in knee joint reaction forces. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of internal and external foot rotation on knee, hip, and ankle joint reaction forces during running. Motion capture and force data were recorded of 19 healthy adults running at 3.35 m/s during three conditions: (1) preferred (normal) and with (2) internal and (3) external foot rotation. Musculoskeletal simulations were performed using opensim and the Rajagopal 2015 model, modified to a two degree-of-freedom knee joint. Muscle excitations were derived using static optimization, including muscle physiology parameters. Joint reaction forces (i.e., the total force acting on the joints) were computed and compared between conditions using one-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) via statistical parametric mapping (SPM). Internal foot rotation reduced resultant hip forces (from 18% to 23% stride), while external rotation reduced resultant ankle forces (peak force at 20% stride) during the stance phase. Three-dimensional and resultant knee joint reaction forces only differed at very early and very late stance phase. The results of this study indicate, similar to previous findings, that reductions in external knee adduction moments do not mirror reductions in knee joint reaction forces.
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- Hunter J Bennett
- Department of Human Movement Sciences, 2016 Student Recreation Center, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529
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- Department of Kinesiology, HHS2-203, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840
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- Department of Kinesiology, KHS 224, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834
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- Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, The University of Tennessee, 322 HPER Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-2700
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Schallig W, van den Noort JC, McCahill J, Stebbins J, Leardini A, Maas M, Harlaar J, van der Krogt MM. Comparing the kinematic output of the Oxford and Rizzoli Foot Models during normal gait and voluntary pathological gait in healthy adults. Gait Posture 2020; 82:126-132. [PMID: 32920448 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.08.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Oxford Foot Model (OFM) and Rizzoli Foot Model (RFM) are the two most frequently used multi-segment models to measure foot kinematics. However, a comprehensive comparison of the kinematic output of these models is lacking. RESEARCH QUESTION What are the differences in kinematic output between OFM and RFM during normal gait and typical pathological gait patterns in healthy adults?. METHODS A combined OFM and RFM marker set was placed on the right foot of ten healthy subjects. A static standing trial and six level walking trials were collected for normal gait and for four voluntarily adopted gait types: equinus, crouch, toe-in and toe-out. Joint angles were calculated for every trial for the hindfoot relative to shank (HF-SH), forefoot relative to hindfoot (FF-HF) and hallux relative to forefoot (HX-FF). Average static joint angles of both models were compared between models. After subtracting these offsets, the remaining dynamic angles were compared using statistical parametric mapping repeated measures ANOVAs and t-tests. Furthermore, range of motion was compared between models for every angle. RESULTS For the static posture, RFM compared to OFM measured more plantar flexion (Δ = 6°) and internal rotation (Δ = 7°) for HF-SH, more plantar flexion (Δ = 34°) and inversion (Δ = 13°) for FF-HF and more dorsal flexion (Δ = 37°) and abduction (Δ = 12°) for HX-FF. During normal walking, kinematic differences were found in various parts of the gait cycle. Moreover, range of motion was larger in the HF-SH for OFM and in FF-HF and HX-FF for RFM. The differences between models were not the same for all gait types. Equinus and toe-out gait demonstrated most pronounced differences. SIGNIFICANCE Differences are present in kinematic output between OFM and RFM, which also depend on gait type. Therefore, kinematic output of foot and ankle studies should be interpreted with careful consideration of the multi-segment foot model used.
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- Wouter Schallig
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical Imaging Quantification Center (MIQC), Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical Imaging Quantification Center (MIQC), Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Oxford Gait Laboratory, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Gait Laboratory, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Movement Analysis Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical Imaging Quantification Center (MIQC), Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Wang S, Mo S, Chung RCK, Shull PB, Ribeiro DC, Cheung RTH. How foot progression angle affects knee adduction moment and angular impulse in people with and without medial knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2020; 73:1763-1776. [PMID: 33242375 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of foot progression angle (FPA) modification on the first and second peaks of external knee adduction moment (EKAM) and knee adduction angular impulse (KAAI) in individuals with and without medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) during level walking. METHODS PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science and SPORTDiscus were searched from inception to February 2020 by two independent reviewers. Included studies compared FPA modification (toe-in or toe-out gait) interventions to lower EKAM and/or KAAI with natural walking. Studies were required to report the first or second peaks of EKAM or KAAI. RESULTS Sixteen studies were included and more than 85% of included patients were graded with Kellgren-Lawrence II-IV knee OA. Toe-in gait reduced the first EKAM peak (standard mean difference (SMD): -0.75; 95%CI: -1.05~-0.45) and KAAI (SMD: -0.46; 95%CI: -0.86~-0.07), while toe-out gait reduced the second EKAM peak (SMD: -1.04; 95%CI: -1.34~-0.75) in healthy individuals. For patients with knee OA, toe-out gait reduced the second EKAM peak (SMD: -0.53; 95%CI: -0.75~-0.31) and KAAI (SMD: -0.26; 95%CI: -0.49~-0.03) while toe-in gait did not affect both EKAM peaks and KAAI. CONCLUSION Discrepancy in biomechanical effects of FPA modification was demonstrated between individuals with and without medial knee OA. Compared with natural walking, both toe-in and toe-out gait may be more effective in lowering EKAM and KAAI in healthy individuals. Toe-out gait may reduce EKAM and KAAI in patients with mild to severe knee OA. There is insufficient data from patients with early-stage knee OA, indicating future research is required.
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- Sizhong Wang
- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.,Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.,Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.,School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia, Penrith South
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Immediate effects of valgus bracing on knee joint moments during walking in knee-healthy individuals: Potential modifying effects of body height. Gait Posture 2020; 80:383-390. [PMID: 32623361 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The goal of valgus knee brace treatment is to reduce medial knee joint loading during walking, often indicated by external knee adduction moment (KAM) measures. However, existing healthy-subjects studies have been equivocal in demonstrating KAM reduction with valgus knee bracing. RESEARCH QUESTION What are the immediate effects of valgus bracing at different tension levels on KAM during walking at a controlled speed and does body height modify the brace-KAM associations? METHODS Data from 32 knee-healthy participants were analysed in this randomized crossover trial. Participants performed walking trials at controlled speed (1.3 ± 0.065 m/s) both with and without an Ossür Unloader One® brace. During the bracing condition, valgus tension was incrementally increased, from zero tension to normal tension and to maximum tolerable tension. RESULTS Valgus bracing minimally increased knee flexion at heel-strike (P < 0.001) in a dose-dependent manner and minimally reduced gait velocity (∼0.015m/s) across all tension levels. Valgus bracing, overall, did not significantly reduce the various KAM measures. However, brace use at maximal tension was associated with a 0.04Nm/kg (9.2 %) increase in first peak KAM amongst participants with a body height of 1.75 m and a 0.03Nm/kg (7.6 %) decrease in first peak KAM amongst participants with a body height of 1.55 m. SIGNIFICANCE Valgus bracing did not reduce the various KAM measures during walking; however, body height may play a moderating role. Given knee brace sizes vary more in circumference than length, this result may be due to the ratio between effective moment arm length relative to limb length. A deeper understanding of the potential neuro-biomechanical effects of valgus knee bracing and how these effects are potentially modified by body height may be critical to the design of effective knee braces.
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Edd SN, Bennour S, Ulrich B, Jolles BM, Favre J. Modifying Stride Length in Isolation and in Combination With Foot Progression Angle and Step Width Can Improve Knee Kinetics Related to Osteoarthritis; A Preliminary Study in Healthy Subjects. J Biomech Eng 2020; 142:074505. [PMID: 32203585 DOI: 10.1115/1.4046713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of modifying stride length (SL) on knee adduction and flexion moments, two markers of knee loading associated with medial-compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression. This study also tested if SL modifications, in addition to foot progression angle (FP) and step width (SW) modifications, provide solutions in more subjects for reducing knee adduction moment (KAM) without increasing knee flexion moment (KFM), potentially protecting the joint. Fourteen healthy subjects (six female) were enrolled in this preliminary study. Walking trials were collected first without instructions, and then following foot placement instructions for 50 combinations of SL, FP, and SW modifications. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to detect group-average effects of footprint modifications on maximum KAM and KFM and on KAM impulse. Subject-specific dose-responses between footprint modifications and kinetics changes were modeled with linear regressions, and the models were used to identify modification solutions, per subject, for various kinetics change conditions. Shorter SL significantly decreased the three kinetics measures (p < 0.01). Potential solutions for 10% reductions in maximum KAM and KAM impulse without increasing maximum KFM were identified for five subjects with FP and SW modifications. A significantly higher proportion of subjects had solutions when adding SL modifications (11 subjects, p = 0.04). In conclusion, SL is a valuable parameter to modify, especially in combination with FP and SW modifications, to reduce markers of medial knee loading. Future work is needed to extend these findings to osteoarthritic knees.
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- Shannon N Edd
- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Swiss BioMotion Lab, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV-UNIL), Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Swiss BioMotion Lab, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV-UNIL), Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland; Mechanical Laboratory of Sousse, National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse 4054, Tunisia
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Swiss BioMotion Lab, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV-UNIL), Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Swiss BioMotion Lab, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV-UNIL), Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Institute of Microengineering, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Swiss BioMotion Lab, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV-UNIL), Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland
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Xia H, Charlton JM, Shull PB, Hunt MA. Portable, automated foot progression angle gait modification via a proof-of-concept haptic feedback-sensorized shoe. J Biomech 2020; 107:109789. [PMID: 32321637 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Modifying the foot progression angle (FPA) is a non-pharmacological, non-surgical treatment option for knee osteoarthritis, however current widespread adoption has been limited by the requirement of laboratory-based motion capture systems. We present the first customized haptic feedback-sensorized shoe for estimating and modifying FPA during walking gait, which includes an electronic inertial and magnetometer module in the sole for estimating FPA, and two vibration motors attached to the medial and lateral shoe lining for providing vibrotactile feedback. Feasibility testing was performed by comparing FPA performance while wearing the haptic feedback-sensorized shoe with the training targets. Participants performed five walking trials with five randomly-presented FPA targets (10° toe-in, 0°, 10° toe-out, 20° toe-out, and 30° toe-out) of 2 min each on a treadmill. Overall average FPA performance error across all conditions was 0.2 ± 4.1°, and the overall mean absolute FPA performance error across all conditions was 3.1 ± 2.6°. Reducing the size of the no-feedback window resulted in less performance error during walking. This study demonstrates that a novel haptic feedback-sensorized shoe can be used to effectively train FPA modifications. The haptic feedback-sensorized shoe could potentially be used for FPA gait modification outside of specialized camera-based motion capture laboratories as a conservative treatment for knee osteoarthritis or other related clinical applications requiring FPA assessment and modification in daily life.
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- Haisheng Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Byrnes SK, Kunic D, Rethwilm R, Böhm H, Horstmann T, Dussa CU. Compensatory mechanisms in children with idiopathic lower extremity internal rotational malalignment during walking and running. Gait Posture 2020; 79:46-52. [PMID: 32344359 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Noticeable in-toeing gait is present in most children with internal rotational malalignment and often a reason to consult an orthopedic specialist. The risk of tripping may be higher for these patients. RESEARCH QUESTION The aim of this study was to determine compensatory mechanisms adopted by children with internal rotational deformities to avoid tripping and falling during walking and running. METHODS Sixty-nine patients between 5-18 years with idiopathic internal rotational malalignment were retrospectively included and subdivided into three groups: 18 patients with internal tibial torsion (ITT), 25 patients with internal femoral torsion (ITF) and 26 patients with both (ITB). Twenty-two typically developing age-matched children (TD) were analyzed for comparison. Three-dimensional gait data were evaluated. ANOVA's on two factors, group (ITT, ITF, ITB, TD) and movement (walking, running) with post-hoc t-tests were used to identify significant differences between groups. RESULTS All groups had significantly greater step width than TD during walking (P ≤ .002) and all torsional groups had significantly greater step width during running (P ≤ .001). Similarly, all torsional groups showed greater peak ankle dorsiflexion in swing during running than TD (P ≤ .006). Only the ITT group showed significantly greater external hip rotation than TD. When compared to TD, the ITF and ITB group had a significantly lower hip abduction moment in stance during running, but not for walking (P ≤ .032). SIGNIFICANCE Compensatory mechanisms in children with internal rotational deformities were mostly dependent on the location of rotational malalignment. All children with internal rotational malalignment had greater ankle dorsiflexion and greater step width during running. Especially in active patients, this greater ankle dorsiflexion during running may result in overuse of the ankle dorsiflexor muscles, while greater step width may have beneficial effects in normalizing knee adduction moments.
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- S Kimberly Byrnes
- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Bernauerstr. 18, 83229, Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany; Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
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- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Bernauerstr. 18, 83229, Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany
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- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Bernauerstr. 18, 83229, Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany
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- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Bernauerstr. 18, 83229, Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Institute for Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Medical Park St. Hubertus Klinik, Bad Wiessee, Germany
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- Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH, Bernauerstr. 18, 83229, Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany
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Holder J, Feja Z, van Drongelen S, Adolf S, Böhm H, Meurer A, Stief F. Effect of guided growth intervention on static leg alignment and dynamic knee contact forces during gait. Gait Posture 2020; 78:80-88. [PMID: 32298950 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Lower limb malalignment in the frontal plane is one of the major causes of developing knee osteoarthritis. Growing children can be treated by temporary hemiepiphysiodesis when diagnosed with lower limb malalignment. RESEARCH QUESTION Is there a difference between medial or lateral knee contact force (KCF) before (PRE) and after (POST) hemiepiphysiodesis in patients with valgus malalignment and compared to a typically developed control group (TD)? Does a linear relationship exist between the static radiographic mechanical axis angle and dynamic medial/lateral KCF? METHODS In this prospective study, an OpenSim full body model with an adapted knee joint was used to calculate KCFs in the stance phase of 16 children with diagnosed genu valgum and 16 age- and sex-matched TDs. SPM was applied to compare KCFs before and after guided growth and to test a linear relationship between the mechanical axis angle and KCFs. RESULTS After the intervention, POST revealed a significantly increased medial KCF (p < 0.001, 4-97 % of stance) and decreased lateral KCF (p < 0.001, 6-98 %) compared to PRE. Comparing POST with TD, short phases with a significant difference were found (medial: p = 0.039, 84-88 %; lateral: p = 0.019, 3-11 %). The static mechanical axis angle showed a longer phase of a significant relation to KCFs for POST compared to PRE. SIGNIFICANCE This study showed that temporary hemiepiphysiodesis in patients with valgus malalignment reduces the loading in the lateral compartment of the knee and thus the risk of developing osteoarthritis in this compartment. The determination of dynamic KCFs can be clinically relevant for the treatment of lower limb malalignment, especially for decision making before surgery, when compensatory mechanisms may play an important role. Additionally, the static radiographic mechanical axis angle does not necessarily represent the dynamic loading of the lateral knee compartment.
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- Jana Holder
- Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Movement Analysis Laboratory, Frankfurt, Main, Germany.
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- Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Movement Analysis Laboratory, Frankfurt, Main, Germany
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- Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Research Unit for Osteoarthritis, Frankfurt, Main, Germany
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- Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Department of Special Orthopedics, Frankfurt, Main, Germany
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- Orthopedic Hospital for Children, Behandlungszentrum Aschau gGmbH, Aschau, Chiemgau, Germany
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- Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Department of Special Orthopedics, Frankfurt, Main, Germany
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- Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Movement Analysis Laboratory, Frankfurt, Main, Germany
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Effect of walking with a modified gait on activation patterns of the knee spanning muscles in people with medial knee osteoarthritis. Knee 2020; 27:198-206. [PMID: 31882386 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2019.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate muscle activation patterns and co-contraction around the knee in response to walking with modified gait patterns in patients with medial compartment knee-osteoarthritis (KOA). DESIGN 40 medial KOA patients walked on an instrumented treadmill. Surface EMG activity from seven knee-spanning muscles (gastrocnemius, hamstrings, quadriceps), kinematics, and ground reaction forces were recorded. Patients received real-time visual feedback on target kinematics to modify their gait pattern towards three different gait modifications: Toe-in, Wider steps, Medial Thrust. The individualized feedback aimed to reduce their first peak knee adduction moment (KAM) by ≥10%. Changes in muscle activations and medial/lateral co-contraction index during the loading response phase (10-35% of the gait cycle) were evaluated, for the steps in which ≥10% KAM reduction was achieved. RESULTS Data from 30 patients were included in the analyses; i.e. all who could successfully reduce their KAM in a sufficient number of steps by ≥10%. When walking with ≥10% KAM reduction, Medial Thrust gait (KAM -31%) showed increased flexor activation (24%), co-contraction (17%) and knee flexion moment (35%). Isolated wider-step gait also reduced the KAM (-26%), but to a smaller extent, but without increasing muscle activation amplitudes and co-contraction. Toe-in gait showed the greatest reduction in the KAM (-35%), but was accompanied by an increased flexor activation of 42% and hence an increased co-contraction index. CONCLUSION Gait modifications that are most effective in reducing the KAM also yield an increase in co-contraction, thereby compromising at least part of the effects on net knee load.
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Dzialo CM, Mannisi M, Halonen KS, de Zee M, Woodburn J, Andersen MS. Gait alteration strategies for knee osteoarthritis: a comparison of joint loading via generic and patient-specific musculoskeletal model scaling techniques. Int Biomech 2019; 6:54-65. [PMID: 34042005 PMCID: PMC7857308 DOI: 10.1080/23335432.2019.1629839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gait modifications and laterally wedged insoles are non-invasive approaches used to treat medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. However, the outcome of these alterations is still a controversial topic. This study investigates how gait alteration techniques may have a unique effect on individual patients; and furthermore, the way we scale our musculoskeletal models to estimate the medial joint contact force may influence knee loading conditions. Five patients with clinical evidence of medial knee osteoarthritis were asked to walk at a normal walking speed over force plates and simultaneously 3D motion was captured during seven conditions (0°-, 5°-, 10°-insoles, shod, toe-in, toe-out, and wide stance). We developed patient-specific musculoskeletal models, using segmentations from magnetic resonance imaging to morph a generic model to patient-specific bone geometries and applied this morphing to estimate muscle insertion sites. Additionally, models were created of these patients using a simple linear scaling method. When examining the patients' medial compartment contact force (peak and impulse) during stance phase, a 'one-size-fits-all' gait alteration aimed to reduce medial knee loading did not exist. Moreover, the different scaling methods lead to differences in medial contact forces; highlighting the importance of further investigation of musculoskeletal modeling methods prior to use in the clinical setting.
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- C M Dzialo
- Anybody Technology A/S, Aalborg, Denmark
- Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK
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Khan SJ, Khan SS, Usman J. The effects of toe-out and toe-in postures on static & dynamic balance, risk of fall and TUG score in healthy adults. Foot (Edinb) 2019; 39:122-128. [PMID: 30580888 DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Toe-in and toe-out foot positions have not yet been tested for dynamic balance and risk of fall. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of these two modifications on static and dynamic postural stability and risk of fall through instrumental (Biodex Balance System®) and functional (timed up and go-TUG test) tools. METHODOLOGY Twenty healthy adults (8 males, 12 females, age: 29±4.10years, BMI: 21.56±2.36kg/m2) participated in this study. Static and dynamic (levels 8 and 2) balance with single stance and double stance and dynamic (level 8 and levels 6-2) for risk of fall with double stance were tested with the Biodex Balance System with three self-selected feet positions: straight (13.8°), toe-out (35.6°) and toe-in (-11.9°) for each test condition. Additionally, TUG test was performed with toe-out and toe-in gait. RESULTS The results of repeated measures ANOVA showed significant differences (p<0.05) between straight and modified toe angles in balance at dynamic level 2 with both double and single stance conditions. Significant differences (p<0.001) were also found in TUG scores for the test conditions. CONCLUSION Toe-in and toe-out gait modifications have significant effects on balance at higher levels of platform tilt and functional balance. Further investigations with knee osteoarthritis patients and electromyography may provide insight in balancing strategies adopted by the body in toe-out and toe-in gait.
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- Saad Jawaid Khan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Centre for Applied Biomechanics, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
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Influence of foot progression angle on knee adduction and flexion moment during stair climbing in healthy individuals. Gait Posture 2019; 71:163-169. [PMID: 31071539 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Khan SJ, Khan SS, Usman J, Mokhtar AH, Abu Osman NA. Combined effects of knee brace, laterally wedged insoles, and toe-out gait on knee adduction moment and fall risk in moderate medial knee osteoarthritis patients. Prosthet Orthot Int 2019; 43:148-157. [PMID: 30192706 DOI: 10.1177/0309364618796849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. There is a need of reducing knee joint load and to improve balance and physical function among knee osteoarthritis patients. OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that toe-out gait will reduce second peak knee adduction moment further and increase fall risk when combined with knee brace and laterally wedged insole in knee osteoarthritis patients. STUDY DESIGN: Single visit study with repeated measures. METHODS: First and second peak knee adduction moments, fall risk and comfort level. First and second peak knee adduction moments were determined from three-dimensional gait analysis, completed under six randomized conditions: (1) natural, (2) knee brace, (3) knee brace + toe-out gait, (4) laterally wedged insole, (5) laterally wedged insole + toe-out gait, and (6) knee brace + laterally wedged insole + toe-out gait. Fall risk was assessed by Biodex Balance System using three randomized stability settings: (1) static, (2) moderate dynamic setting (FR12), and (3) high dynamic setting (FR8). RESULTS: The reduction in first peak knee adduction moment and second peak knee adduction moment was greatest (7.16% and 25.55%, respectively) when toe-out gait combine with knee brace and laterally wedged insole. Significant increase in fall risk was observed with knee brace + laterally wedged insole + toe-out gait (42.85%) at FR12. Similar significant balance reductions were found at FR8 condition for knee brace + toe-out gait (35.71%), laterally wedged insole + toe-out gait (28.57%), and knee brace + laterally wedged insole + toe-out gait (50%) as compared to natural. However, knee brace decreased fall risk at FR12 by 28.57%. CONCLUSION: There is a synergistic effect of toe-out when combined with knee brace and laterally wedged insole concurrently in second peak knee adduction moment reduction but with a greater degree of fall risk. Simultaneous use of conservative treatments also decreases comfort level. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Patients with mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis are usually prescribed conservative treatment techniques. This study will provide an insight whether or not a combination of these techniques have a synergistic effect in reducing knee joint load.
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- Saad Jawaid Khan
- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,3 Centre for Applied Biomechanics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 4 Sports Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,3 Centre for Applied Biomechanics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,5 The Chancellery, University of Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Wang S, Chan KHC, Lam RHM, Yuen DNS, Fan CKM, Chu TTC, Baur H, Cheung RTH. Effects of foot progression angle adjustment on external knee adduction moment and knee adduction angular impulse during stair ascent and descent. Hum Mov Sci 2019; 64:213-220. [PMID: 30784892 DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Foot progression angle adjustment was shown to reduce external knee adduction moment (EKAM) and knee adduction angular impulse (KAAI) during level ground walking. However, evidence on effects of foot progression angle adjustment on the above surrogate measures of medial knee loading during stair climbing is limited. Hence, this study examined the effects of toe-in and toe-out gait on EKAM and KAAI during stair ascent and descent. Kinematic and kinetic data were collected from thirty-two healthy adults during stair ascent and descent with toe-in, toe-out and natural gait. A repeated measures ANOVA indicated that toe-in gait significantly reduced the first EKAM peak (P < 0.001) and KAAI (P = 0.002), while toe-out gait significantly increased the first (P < 0.001) and second (P = 0.04) EKAM peaks and KAAI (P < 0.001) when compared with natural gait during stair ascent. During stair descent, toe-in gait significantly reduced the first (P < 0.001) and second (P = 0.032) EKAM peaks and KAAI (P < 0.001), whilst toe-out gait significantly increased the first EKAM peak (P = 0.022) and KAAI (P = 0.028) when compared with natural gait. In conclusion, toe-in gait was found to be a viable strategy in reducing medial knee loading during stair climbing.
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- Sizhong Wang
- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Movement Laboratory, Health Department, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
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- Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
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Mahmoudian A, Van Assche D, Herzog W, Luyten FP. Towards secondary prevention of early knee osteoarthritis. RMD Open 2018; 4:e000468. [PMID: 30167325 PMCID: PMC6109947 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common arthritic disease, yet a convincing drug treatment is not available. The current narrative review focuses on integration of scientific evidence and professional experience to illustrate which management approaches can be taken for prototypical individual patient profiles with early knee OA. Animal models suggest that: (1) OA can progress even in the presence of fully recovered movement kinetics, kinematics and muscle activation patterns; (2) muscle weakness is an independent risk factor for the onset and possibly the rate of progression of knee OA; (3) onset and progression of OA are not related to body weight but appear to depend on the percentage of body fat. From studies in the human model, one could postulate that risk factors associated with progression of knee OA include genetic traits, preceding traumatic events, obesity, intensity of pain at baseline, static and dynamic joint malalignment and reduced muscle strength. Taken this into account, an individual can be identified as early knee OA at high risk for disease progression. A holistic patient-tailored management including education, supportive medication, weight loss, exercise therapy (aerobic, strengthening and neuromuscular) and behavioural approaches to improve self-management of early knee OA is discussed in individual prototypic patients. Secondary prevention of early knee OA provides a window of opportunity to slow down or even reverse the disease process. Yet, as the sheer number of patients early in the OA disease process is probably large, a more structured approach is needed to provide appropriate care depending on the patient's individual risk profile.
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- Armaghan Mahmoudian
- Skeletal Biology & Engineering Research Center, Department of Development & Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Skeletal Biology & Engineering Research Center, Department of Development & Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Human Performance Laboratory, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Skeletal Biology & Engineering Research Center, Department of Development & Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Charlton JM, Hatfield GL, Guenette JA, Hunt MA. Toe-in and toe-out walking require different lower limb neuromuscular patterns in people with knee osteoarthritis. J Biomech 2018; 76:112-118. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Timing of Frontal Plane Trunk Lean, Not Magnitude, Mediates Frontal Plane Knee Joint Loading in Patients with Moderate Medial Knee Osteoarthritis. Adv Orthop 2018; 2018:4526872. [PMID: 29755793 PMCID: PMC5884293 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4526872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of trunk lean and contralateral hip abductor strength on the peak knee adduction moment (KAM) and rate of loading in persons with moderate medial knee osteoarthritis. Thirty-one males (17 with osteoarthritis, 14 controls) underwent 3-dimensional motion analysis, strength testing of hip abductors, and knee range of motion (ROM) measures, as well as completing the knee osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS). No differences were found between groups or limbs for gait cycle duration, but the osteoarthritis group had longer double-limb support during weight acceptance (p < 0.001) and delayed frontal plane trunk motion towards the stance limb (p < 0.01). This was reflected by a lower rate of loading for the osteoarthritis group compared to controls (p < 0.001), whereas no differences were found for peak KAM. Trunk angle, contralateral hip abductor strength, and BMI explained the rate of loading at the involved knee (p < 0.001), an association not found for the contralateral knee or control knees. Prolonged trunk lean over the stance limb may help lower peak KAM values. Rate of frontal plane knee joint loading may partly be mediated by the contralateral limb's abductor strength, accentuating the importance of bilateral lower limb strength for persons with knee osteoarthritis.
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Anderson J, King S, Przybyla A, Ranganath L, Barton G. Reduction of frontal plane knee load caused by lateral trunk lean depends on step width. Gait Posture 2018; 61:483-487. [PMID: 29494822 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The internal knee abduction moment (KAM) in osteoarthritis is reduced by increased lateral trunk lean (TL). Mechanistically, this occurs as the Centre of Mass (COM) moves further over the stance leg. Since the size of the base of support constrains the COM, an associated increase in step width (SW) would be expected to maintain stability. This study tested the effects of TL on SW and KAM in healthy participants (n = 21) who performed normal and 6° TL walks. The latter was controlled via audio-visual biofeedback. We found two distinct gait strategies in TL walk: widening the step width substantially (>50%) to permit an increase in the COM displacement (WSW, n = 13), or maintaining a baseline SW and minimally displacing the COM by moving the hip/pelvic complex in the opposite direction (NSW, n = 8). WSW doubled SW (11.3 ± 2.4 v. 24.7 ± 5.5 cm, p < .0001), NSW did not change SW (12.2 ± 2.8 v. 13.7 ± 4.7 cm, p > .05). These two distinct gait strategies resulted in unique patterns of KAM reduction across the stance phase. NSW reduced KAM impulse significantly in the initial half (0.08 ± 0.02 v. 0.06 ± 0.02, p = .04) but not in the later stance phase (0.07 ± 0.02 v. 0.07 ± 0.04, p > .05). WSW reduced KAM significantly in both initial (0.11 ± 0.03 v. 0.08 ± 0.04, p < .001) and later stance phase (0.09 ± 0.02 v. 0.06 ± 0.03, p < .001). KAM peak results followed the pattern of impulse. This study has revealed two distinct mechanisms for increasing lateral trunk lean which can be used to explain discrepancies in past research and in the future could be used to individualise gait re-training strategies.
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- Jennifer Anderson
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK.
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of North Georgia, 159 Sunset Drive, HNS #444, Dahlonega, GA 30597.
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- National Alkaptonuria Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK.
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK.
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Combined effects of knee brace, laterally wedged insoles and toe-in gait on knee adduction moment and balance in moderate medial knee osteoarthritis patients. Gait Posture 2018; 61:243-249. [PMID: 29413792 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that toe-in gait (TI) will further reduce first peak (Knee Adduction Moment) KAM and decrease balance when combined with a knee brace (KB) and laterally wedged insoles (LWI) in medial knee osteoarthritis (kOA) patients. PARTICIPANTS Twenty patients with bilateral symptomatic medial kOA. INTERVENTIONS 4-point leverage-based KB, full-length LWI with 5° inclination and toe-in gait (TI). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES First and second peak knee adduction moment (fKAM and sKAM respectively), balance and pain. METHODS The fKAM and sKAM were determined from 3-dimensional gait analysis with six randomized conditions: (1) N (without any intervention), (2) KB, (3) KB + TI, (4) LWI, (5) LWI + TI, (6) KB + LWI + TI. Balance was assessed by Biodex Balance System using three stability settings, (i) Static (ii) Moderate dynamic setting for fall risk (FR12) and (iii) High dynamic setting for fall risk (FR8). RESULTS The reduction in fKAM and sKAM was greatest (19.75% and 12%) when TI was combined with KB and LWI respectively. No change in balance was observed when TI combined with KB, and LWI and when used concurrently with both the orthosis at static and FR12 conditions. Significant balance reduction was found at FR8 for KB + TI (22.22%), and KB + LWI + TI (35.71%). Pain increased significantly for KB (258%), KB + TI (305%), LWI + TI (210%) and KB + LWI + TI (316%). LWI showed no effect on pain. CONCLUSIONS There is a synergistic effect of TI when combined with KB and LWI concurrently in sKAM reduction. However, the concurrent use of TI, KB and LWI decreases balance and pain as assessed on a highly dynamic platform.
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Bennour S, Ulrich B, Legrand T, Jolles BM, Favre J. A gait retraining system using augmented-reality to modify footprint parameters: Effects on lower-limb sagittal-plane kinematics. J Biomech 2018; 66:26-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Khan SJ, Khan SS, Usman J, Mokhtar AH, Abu Osman NA. Effects of different foot progression angles and platform settings on postural stability and fall risk in healthy and medial knee osteoarthritic adults. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2017; 232:163-171. [PMID: 29283019 DOI: 10.1177/0954411917750409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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This study aims to investigate the effects of varying toe angles at different platform settings on Overall Stability Index of postural stability and fall risk using Biodex Balance System in healthy participants and medial knee osteoarthritis patients. Biodex Balance System was employed to measure postural stability and fall risk at different foot progression angles (ranging from -20° to 40°, with 10° increments) on 20 healthy (control group) and 20 knee osteoarthritis patients (osteoarthritis group) randomly (age: 59.50 ± 7.33 years and 61.50 ± 8.63 years; body mass: 69.95 ± 9.86 kg and 70.45 ± 8.80 kg). Platform settings used were (1) static, (2) postural stability dynamic level 8 (PS8), (3) fall risk levels 12 to 8 (FR12) and (4) fall risk levels 8 to 2 (FR8). Data from the tests were analysed using three-way mixed repeated measures analysis of variance. The participant group, platform settings and toe angles all had a significant main effect on balance ( p ≤ 0.02). Platform settings had a significant interaction effect with participant group F(3, 144) = 6.97, p < 0.01 and toe angles F(21, 798) = 2.83, p < 0.01. Non-significant interactions were found for group × toe angles, F(7, 266) = 0.89, p = 0.50, and for group × toe angles × settings, F(21, 798) = 1.07, p = 0.36. The medial knee osteoarthritis group has a poorer postural stability and increased fall risk as compared to the healthy group. Changing platform settings has a more pronounced effect on balance in knee osteoarthritis group than in healthy participants. Changing toe angles produced similar effects in both the participant groups, with decreased stability and increased fall risk at extreme toe-in and toe-out angles.
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- Saad Jawaid Khan
- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,3 Centre for Applied Biomechanics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 4 Sports Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,3 Centre for Applied Biomechanics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Halonen KS, Dzialo CM, Mannisi M, Venäläinen MS, de Zee M, Andersen MS. Workflow assessing the effect of gait alterations on stresses in the medial tibial cartilage - combined musculoskeletal modelling and finite element analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17396. [PMID: 29234021 PMCID: PMC5727195 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17228-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is most common in the medial tibial compartment. We present a novel method to study the effect of gait modifications and lateral wedge insoles (LWIs) on the stresses in the medial tibial cartilage by combining musculoskeletal (MS) modelling with finite element (FE) analysis. Subject's gait was recorded in a gait laboratory, walking normally, with 5° and 10° LWIs, toes inward ('Toe in'), and toes outward ('Toe out wide'). A full lower extremity MRI and a detailed knee MRI were taken. Bones and most soft tissues were segmented from images, and the generic bone architecture of the MS model was morphed into the segmented bones. The output forces from the MS model were then used as an input in the FE model of the subject's knee. During stance, LWIs failed to reduce medial peak pressures apart from Insole 10° during the second peak. Toe in reduced peak pressures by -11% during the first peak but increased them by 12% during the second. Toe out wide reduced peak pressures by -15% during the first and increased them by 7% during the second. The results show that the work flow can assess the effect of interventions on an individual level. In the future, this method can be applied to patients with KOA.
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- K S Halonen
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Aalborg University, Fibigerstræde 16, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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- School of Health and Life Science, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Rd, G4 0BA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Aalborg University, Fibigerstræde 16, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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Esculier JF, Willy RW, Baggaley MW, Meardon SA, Willson JD. Sex-specific kinetic and kinematic indicators of medial tibiofemoral force during walking and running. Knee 2017; 24:1317-1325. [PMID: 28978462 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2017.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Our aims were to (1) Evaluate sex-specific contributions of peak knee flexion moment (pKFM) and peak knee adduction moment (pKAM) in medial tibiofemoral joint (TFJ) force during walking and running; (2) identify kinematic variables to estimate peak medial TFJ force. METHODS Eighty-seven runners participated (36 females, 51 males; age=23.0±3.8years (1 standard deviation)). Kinematics and kinetics data were collected during treadmill walking (1.3m/s) and running (3.0±0.4m/s). Peak medial TFJ contact force was estimated using a musculoskeletal model. Linear regression analyses were used to assess the contribution of pKFM, pKAM and kinematic indicators to estimated joint forces. RESULTS During walking and running, pKAM and pKFM accounted for 74.9% and 64.5% of peak medial TFJ force variance (P<0.001), respectively. Similar pKAM contribution was found between males and females during walking (51.8% vs. 47.9%), as opposed to running (50.4% vs. 26.8%). Kinematic indicators during walking were peak knee flexion and adduction angles, regardless of sex. During running, indicators were ankle dorsiflexion at foot strike and center of mass (COM) vertical displacement in females (R2=0.364, P=0.012), and peak knee abduction angle and step length in males (R2=0.508, P=0.019). CONCLUSION We conclude from these results that pKAM and pKFM make significant but potentially sex-specific contributions to peak medial TFJ force during walking and running. Clinically, peak medial TFJ force during walking can be estimated using peak knee flexion and adduction angles in both sexes. During running, ankle dorsiflexion at foot strike and COM oscillation are best indicators among females, while knee abduction and step length are best among males.
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- Jean-Francois Esculier
- Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 1050 Avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, 2177 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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- School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, 32 Campus Drive, Skaggs Building 108, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, United States.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, East Carolina University, 2410 Health Sciences Building, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, East Carolina University, 2410 Health Sciences Building, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, East Carolina University, 2410 Health Sciences Building, Greenville, NC 27834, United States.
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Bennett HJ, Shen G, Cates HE, Zhang S. Effects of toe-in and toe-in with wider step width on level walking knee biomechanics in varus, valgus, and neutral knee alignments. Knee 2017; 24:1326-1334. [PMID: 28970124 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2017.08.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Increased peak external knee adduction moments exist for individuals with knee osteoarthritis and varus knee alignments, compared to healthy and neutrally aligned counterparts. Walking with increased toe-in or increased step width have been individually utilized to successfully reduce 1st and 2nd peak knee adduction moments, respectfully, but have not previously been combined or tested among all alignment groups. The purpose of this study was to compare toe-in only and toe-in with wider step width gait modifications in individuals with neutral, valgus, and varus alignments. METHODS Thirty-eight healthy participants with confirmed varus, neutral, or valgus frontal-plane knee alignment through anteroposterior radiographs, performed level walking in normal, toe-in, and toe-in with wider step width gaits. A 3×3 (group×intervention) mixed model repeated measures ANOVA compared alignment groups and gait interventions (p<0.05). RESULTS The 1st peak knee adduction moment was reduced in both toe-in and toe-in with wider step width compared to normal gait. The 2nd peak adduction moment was increased in toe-in compared to normal and toe-in with wider step width. The adduction impulse was also reduced in toe-in and toe-in with wider step width compared to normal gait. Peak knee flexion and external rotation moments were increased in toe-in and toe-in with wider step width compared to normal gait. CONCLUSION Although the toe-in with wider step width gait seems to be a viable option to reduce peak adduction moments for varus alignments, sagittal, and transverse knee loadings should be monitored when implementing this gait modification strategy.
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- Hunter J Bennett
- Department of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
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Bennour S, Ulrich B, Legrand T, Jolles B, Favre J. Effects of foot progression angle on knee biomechanics during gait modification. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2017; 20:17-18. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2017.1382839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- S. Bennour
- Swiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mechanical Laboratory of Sousse, National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia
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- Swiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Microengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Telfer S, Lange MJ, Sudduth ASM. Factors influencing knee adduction moment measurement: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Gait Posture 2017; 58:333-339. [PMID: 28865395 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The external knee adduction moment has been identified as a key biomarker in biomechanics research, with associations with this variable and degenerative diseases such as knee osteoarthritis. Heterogeneity in participant characteristics and the protocols used to measure this variable may however complicate its interpretation. Previous reviews have focused on interventions or did not control for potential moderator variables in their analysis. In this meta-regression analysis, we aimed to determine the influence of factors including the cohort type, footwear, and walking speed on the measurement of knee adduction moment. We performed a systematic review of the literature, identifying articles that used the Plug-in-Gait inverse dynamics model to calculate the knee adduction moment during level walking, and used a mixed effect model to determine the effect of the previously described factors on the measurement. Results for 861 individuals were described in 19 articles. Walking speed had the largest influence on knee adduction moment (p<0.001), and participants with medial knee osteoarthritis had an increased knee adduction moment (p=0.008) compared to healthy subjects. Footwear was found to have a significant overall effect (p=0.024). Participants tested barefoot or wearing their own shoes had lower adduction moments than those tested in footwear provided by the researchers. Overall, the moderators accounted for 60% of the heterogeneity in the results. These results support the hypothesis that an increased knee adduction moment is associated with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis, and that footwear choice can influence the results. Gait speed has the largest effect on knee adduction moment measurement and should be carefully controlled for in studies investigating this variable.
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- Scott Telfer
- Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Xia H, Xu J, Wang J, Hunt MA, Shull PB. Validation of a smart shoe for estimating foot progression angle during walking gait. J Biomech 2017; 61:193-198. [PMID: 28780187 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The foot progression angle is an important measurement related to knee loading, pain, and function for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, however current measurement methods require camera-based motion capture or floor-embedded force plates confining foot progression angle assessment to facilities with specialized equipment. This paper presents the validation of a customized smart shoe for estimating foot progression angle during walking. The smart shoe is composed of an electronic module with inertial and magnetometer sensing inserted into the sole of a standard walking shoe. The smart shoe charges wirelessly, and up to 160h of continuous data (sampled at 100Hz) can be stored locally on the shoe. For validation testing, fourteen healthy subjects were recruited and performed treadmill walking trials with small, medium, and large toe-in (internal foot rotation), small, medium, and large toe-out (external foot rotation) and normal foot progression angle at self-selected walking speeds. Foot progression angle calculations from the smart shoe were compared with measurements from a standard motion capture system. In general, foot progression angle values from the smart shoe closely followed motion capture values for all walking conditions with an overall average error of 0.1±1.9deg and an overall average absolute error of 1.7±1.0deg. There were no significant differences in foot progression angle accuracy across the seven different walking gait patterns. The presented smart shoe could potentially be used for knee osteoarthritis or other clinical applications requiring foot progression angle assessment in community settings or in clinics without specialized motion capture equipment.
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- Haisheng Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Ota S, Ogawa Y, Ota H, Fujiwara T, Sugiyama T, Ochi A. Beneficial effects of a gait used while wearing a kimono to decrease the knee adduction moment in healthy adults. PLoS One 2017. [PMID: 28640896 PMCID: PMC5480874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The knee adduction moment (KAM) relates to medial knee osteoarthritis (OA). Several gait modifications to reduce the KAM for the prevention of knee OA have been studied. Most of the modifications, however, involve voluntary changes in leg alignment. Here we investigated the biomechanical effects for reducing the KAM of a walking style with a small trunk rotation and arm swing gait, which is a natural walking style used while wearing a kimono (Nanba walk) that shifts the ground reaction force toward the stance leg (reduced lever arm). Twenty-nine healthy adults (21.5 ± 0.6 years) participated in the present study. A three-dimensional analysis system with 10 cameras and 1 force plate was used to obtain the KAM and other biomechanical data. Surface electromyography (EMG) of the hip and trunk muscles (internal obliquus abdominal muscle: IO, external obliquus abdominal muscle: EO, multifidus muscle: MF, and gluteus medius muscle: Gmed) was also assessed, and integrated EMG (iEMG) of the four muscles was assessed in the first and second halves of the stance phase. The 1st and 2nd peak KAMs were significantly decreased during Nanba walking (0.40±0.09 and 0.37±0.13 Nm/kg) compared with normal walking (0.45±0.09 and 0.45±0.13 Nm/kg; P = 0.002, P<0.001, respectively). The lever arm lengths at the 1st and 2nd peak KAMs were also significantly decreased during Nanba walking compared with normal walking (p = 0.023 and p<0.001, respectively). The iEMGs of IO, EO and Gmed muscles during the first half, and the iEMGs of EO and GM during the second half of the stance phase were significantly increased during Nanba walking compared with normal walking. The Nanba gait modification could be a useful strategy for reducing the KAM with high activation of the trunk and hip joint muscles for the prevention and/or treatment of medial knee OA.
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- Susumu Ota
- Department of Rehabilitation and Care, Seijoh University, Tokai, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Care, Seijoh University, Tokai, Japan
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Pizzolato C, Reggiani M, Saxby DJ, Ceseracciu E, Modenese L, Lloyd DG. Biofeedback for Gait Retraining Based on Real-Time Estimation of Tibiofemoral Joint Contact Forces. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2017; 25:1612-1621. [PMID: 28436878 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2017.2683488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Biofeedback assisted rehabilitation and intervention technologies have the potential to modify clinically relevant biomechanics. Gait retraining has been used to reduce the knee adduction moment, a surrogate of medial tibiofemoral joint loading often used in knee osteoarthritis research. In this paper, we present an electromyogram-driven neuromusculoskeletal model of the lower-limb to estimate, in real-time, the tibiofemoral joint loads. The model included 34 musculotendon units spanning the hip, knee, and ankle joints. Full-body inverse kinematics, inverse dynamics, and musculotendon kinematics were solved in real-time from motion capture and force plate data to estimate the knee medial tibiofemoral contact force (MTFF). We analyzed five healthy subjects while they were walking on an instrumented treadmill with visual biofeedback of their MTFF. Each subject was asked to modify their gait in order to vary the magnitude of their MTFF. All subjects were able to increase their MTFF, whereas only three subjects could decrease it, and only after receiving verbal suggestions about possible gait modification strategies. Results indicate the important role of knee muscle activation patterns in modulating the MTFF. While this paper focused on the knee, the technology can be extended to examine the musculoskeletal tissue loads at different sites of the human body.
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BENNETT HUNTERJ, ZHANG SONGNING, SHEN GUANGPING, WEINHANDL JOSHUAT, PAQUETTE MAXR, REINBOLT JEFFREY, COE DAWNP. Effects of Toe-In and Wider Step Width in Stair Ascent with Different Knee Alignments. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2017; 49:563-572. [DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Khan SS, Khan SJ, Usman J. Effects of toe-out and toe-in gait with varying walking speeds on knee joint mechanics and lower limb energetics. Gait Posture 2017; 53:185-192. [PMID: 28189095 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Toe-out/-in gait has been prescribed in reducing knee joint load to medial knee osteoarthritis patients. This study focused on the effects of toe-out/-in at different walking speeds on first peak knee adduction moment (fKAM), second peak KAM (sKAM), knee adduction angular impulse (KAAI), net mechanical work by lower limb as well as joint-level contribution to the total limb work during level walking. Gait analysis of 20 healthy young adults was done walking at pre-defined normal (1.18m/s), slow (0.85m/s) and fast (1.43m/s) walking speeds with straight-toe (natural), toe-out (15°>natural) and toe-in (15°<natural). Repeated measure ANOVA (p<0.05) with post-hoc Tukey's test was applied for statistical analysis. Toe-out gait increased fKAM at all walking speeds (highest at normal speed) while toe-in gait reduced fKAM at all speeds (highest at fast walking speed). Toeing-in reduced KAAI at all speeds while toeing-out affected KAAI only at normal speed. Increasing walking speed generally increased fKAM for all foot positions, but it did not affect sKAM considerably. Slowing down the speed, increased KAAI significantly at all foot positions except for toe-in. At slow walking speed, hip and knee joints were found to be major energy contributors for toe-in and toe-out respectively. At higher walking speeds, these contributions were switched. The ankle joint remained unaffected by changing walking speeds and foot progression angles. Toe-out/-in gait modifications affected knee joint kinetics and lower limb energetics at all walking speeds. However, their effects were inconsistent at different speeds. Therefore, walking speed should be taken into account when prescribing toe-out/-in gait.
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- Soobia Saad Khan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia; Centre for Applied Biomechanics, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
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Whelton C, Thomas A, Elson DW, Metcalfe A, Forrest S, Wilson C, Holt C, Whatling G. Combined effect of toe out gait and high tibial osteotomy on knee adduction moment in patients with varus knee deformity. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2017; 43:109-114. [PMID: 28237873 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gait adaptations, including toe out gait, have been proposed as treatments for knee osteoarthritis. The clinical application of toe out gait, however, is unclear. This study aims to identify the changes in Knee adduction moment in varus knee deformity assessing toe out gait as an alternative to high tibial osteotomy, and if any change in dynamic loading persists post operatively, when anatomical alignment is restored. METHODS Three-dimensional motion analysis was performed on 17 patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis and varus deformity prior to undergoing high tibial osteotomy, 13 patients were assessed post-operatively, and results compared to 13 healthy controls. FINDINGS Pre-operatively, there was no significant difference between natural and toe out gait for measures of knee adduction moment. Post high tibial osteotomy, first (2.70 to 1.51% BW·h) and second peak (2.28 to 1.21% BW·h) knee adduction moment were significantly reduced, as was knee adduction angular impulse (1.00 to 0.52% BW·h·s), to a healthy level. Adopting toe out gait post-operatively reduced the second peak further to a level below that of healthy controls. INTERPRETATION Increasing the foot progression angle from 20° (natural) to 30° in isolation did not significantly alter the knee adduction moment or angular impulse. This suggests that adopting a toe out gait, in isolation, in an already high natural foot progression angle, is not of benefit. Adopting toe out gait post-operatively, however, resulted in a further reduction in the second peak to below that of the healthy control cohort, however, this may increase lateral compartment load.
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- C Whelton
- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff School of Engineering, Trevithick Building, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff School of Engineering, Trevithick Building, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff and Vale Orthopaedic Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff School of Engineering, Trevithick Building, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff and Vale Orthopaedic Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff School of Engineering, Trevithick Building, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff and Vale Orthopaedic Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff School of Engineering, Trevithick Building, Cardiff, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Cardiff School of Engineering, Trevithick Building, Cardiff, UK.
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Richards R, van den Noort JC, Dekker J, Harlaar J. Gait Retraining With Real-Time Biofeedback to Reduce Knee Adduction Moment: Systematic Review of Effects and Methods Used. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2017; 98:137-150. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Favre J, Erhart-Hledik JC, Chehab EF, Andriacchi TP. General scheme to reduce the knee adduction moment by modifying a combination of gait variables. J Orthop Res 2016; 34:1547-56. [PMID: 26744298 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Reducing the knee adduction moment (KAM) is a promising treatment for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA). Although several gait modifications to lower the KAM have been identified, the potential to combine modifications and individual dose-responses remain unknown. This study hypothesized that: (i) there is a general scheme consisting of modifications in trunk sway, step width, walking speed, and foot progression angle that reduces the KAM; (ii) gait modifications can be combined; and (iii) dose-responses differ among individuals. Walking trials with simultaneous modifications in step width, walking speed, progression angle, and trunk sway were analyzed for 10 healthy subjects. Wider step width, slower speed, toeing-in, and increased trunk sway resulted in reduced first KAM peak, whereas wider step width, faster speed, and increased trunk sway reduced the KAM angular impulse. Individual regressions accurately modeled the amplitude of the KAM variables relative to the amplitude of the gait modification variables, while the dose-responses varied strongly among participants. In conclusion, increasing trunk sway, increasing step width, and toeing-in are three gait modifications that could be combined to reduce KAM variables related to knee OA. Results also indicated that some gait modifications reducing the KAM induced changes in the knee flexion moment possibly indicative of an increase in knee loading. Taken together with the different dose-responses among subjects, this study suggested that gait retraining programs should consider this general scheme of modifications with individualization of the modification amplitudes. © 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:1547-1556, 2016.
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- Julien Favre
- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.,Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.,Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.,Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
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Effect of gait retraining for reducing ambulatory knee load on trunk biomechanics and trunk muscle activity. Gait Posture 2016; 47:24-30. [PMID: 27264398 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that walking with increased medio-lateral trunk sway is associated with lower external knee adduction moment and lower extremity muscle activation, and higher external ipsilateral trunk moment and trunk muscle activity than walking with normal trunk sway in healthy participants. Fifteen participants performed walking trials with normal and increased medio-lateral trunk sway. Maximum trunk sway, first maximum knee adduction moment, lateral trunk bending moment, and bilateral vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, gluteus medius, rectus abdominis, external oblique and erector spinae muscle activity were computed. Walking with increased trunk sway was associated with lower maximum knee adduction moment (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.50-0.62Nm/kg vs. 0.62-0.76Nm/kg; P<.001) and ipsilateral gluteus medius (-17%; P=.014) and erector spinae muscle activity (-24%; P=.004) and greater maximum lateral trunk bending moment (+34%; P<.001) and contralateral external oblique muscle activity (+60%; P=.009). In all participants, maximum knee adduction moment was negatively correlated and maximum trunk moment was positively correlated with maximum trunk sway. The results of this study suggest that walking with increased trunk sway not only reduces the external knee adduction moment but also alters and possibly increases the load on the trunk. Hence, load-altering biomechanical interventions should always be evaluated not only regarding their effects on the index joint but on other load-bearing joints such as the spine.
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Shull PB, Huang Y, Schlotman T, Reinbolt JA. Muscle force modification strategies are not consistent for gait retraining to reduce the knee adduction moment in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. J Biomech 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Walter JP, Korkmaz N, Fregly BJ, Pandy MG. Contribution of tibiofemoral joint contact to net loads at the knee in gait. J Orthop Res 2015; 33:1054-60. [PMID: 25676012 DOI: 10.1002/jor.22845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Inverse dynamics analysis is commonly used to estimate the net loads at a joint during human motion. Most lower-limb models of movement represent the knee as a simple hinge joint when calculating muscle forces. This approach is limited because it neglects the contributions from tibiofemoral joint contact forces and may therefore lead to errors in estimated muscle forces. The aim of this study was to quantify the contributions of tibiofemoral joint contact loads to the net knee loads calculated from inverse dynamics for multiple subjects and multiple gait patterns. Tibiofemoral joint contact loads were measured in four subjects with instrumented implants as each subject walked at their preferred speed (normal gait) and performed prescribed gait modifications designed to treat medial knee osteoarthritis. Tibiofemoral contact loads contributed substantially to the net knee extension and knee adduction moments in normal gait with mean values of 16% and 54%, respectively. These findings suggest that knee-contact kinematics and loads should be included in lower-limb models of movement for more accurate determination of muscle forces. The results of this study may be used to guide the development of more realistic lower-limb models that account for the effects of tibiofemoral joint contact at the knee.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jonathan P Walter
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul University, Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Benjamin J Fregly
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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