Comparison of hip and knee muscle moments in subjects with and without knee pain

Gait Analysis in Patients with Gonarthrosis Treated by Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

“…This may mean that the gait pattern of both legs under analysis, both in the 1 st and in the 2 nd examination, are mutually dependent and changes occurring in one leg must be compensated by the other leg. These results are consistent with the majority of the existing studies on the locomotion in persons with degenerative knee joint changes (Kaufman et al 2001, Manetta et al 2002, Astephen et al 2005, Bejek et al 2006b, Ogrodzka et al 2007). Gök et al (2002) also studied time and space parameters in their work.…”

“…The literature on the subject (Baliunas et al 2002, Manetta et al 2002. Fantozzi et al 2003, Wu et al 2007) provides a broad description of the work of the knee joint before and after knee replacement, but these studies are mostly limited to the presentation of the joint movement in the saggital plane, without considering the other planes or the influence of the disease on the ankle and hip joints and the side which was not operated on.…”

“…This is yet another confirmation of the results of the author's own studies, where a clear restriction of the active range of motion was found in the knee joint in the saggital plane. Manetta et al (2002), on the other hand, examined 10 persons suffering from degenerative knee joint disease and compared the results with the control group. They determined the kinetics and kinematics of the gait on the basis of a motion analysis system.…”

Total knee replacement influences both knee and hip joint kinematics during stair climbing

“…Several authors have reported moments about the hip joint during gait [1,7,14,16,18], but only one studied patients with TKR [18]. In our study, decreased internal hip extension moment was seen in the group with pronounced preoperative deformity during descent.…”

The Relationship Between Gait Mechanics and Radiographic Disease Severity in Knee Osteoarthritis

“…Some gait changes observed in knee OA may be indicative of compensatory mechanisms, while others are associated with the onset and development of disease. Multiple studies have that suggested many of the associated gait abnormalities attempt to compensate for joint instability (Al-Zahrani & Bakheit, 2002) or seek to minimize loading of the affected joint and thus mitigate pain (Baliunas et al, 2002;Kaufman et al, 2001;Manetta et al, 2002;Mundermann et al, 2005;Mundermann et al, 2004). In order to better understand the variety of factors influencing OA as well as its progression, researchers have systematically examined a number of variables that might explain variations in gait and mobility in persons with knee OA (Cooper et al, 2000;Hurwitz et al, 2002;Lohmander et al, 2004;Nebel et al, 2009;Syed & Davis, 2000).…”