Journal article
Lateral trunk lean explains variation in dynamic knee joint load in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that selected gait kinematics, particularly lateral trunk lean, observed in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis explain variation in dynamic knee joint load.
METHOD: In this cross-sectional observational study, 120 patients with radiographically confirmed varus gonarthrosis underwent three-dimensional gait analysis at their typical walking speed. We used sequential (hierarchical) linear …
Authors
Hunt MA; Birmingham TB; Bryant D; Jones I; Giffin JR; Jenkyn TR; Vandervoort AA
Journal
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 591–599
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.joca.2007.10.017
ISSN
1063-4584