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ArticleHip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy2019

Gait asymmetries in unilateral symptomatic hip osteoarthritis and their association with radiographic severity and pain.

Gary J Farkas, Bryan R Schlink, Louis F Fogg, Kharma C Foucher, Markus A Wimmer, Najia Shakoor

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Article in Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gary J Farkas1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bryan R Schlink2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Louis F Fogg3 College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kharma C Foucher4 Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Markus A Wimmer5 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Najia Shakoor6 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rush University Medical Center · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Factors influencing the evolution of knee osteoarthritisK23AR049748 · NIAMS · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHAKOOR, NAJIA · 2004 to 2008
$540k
NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR049748NIA NIH HHS L30 AG024891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introduction: Little is known about the loading patterns in unilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) and their relationship to radiographic severity and pain. We aimed to examine the loading patterns at the hips of those with unilateral symptomatic hip OA and identify associations between radiographic severity and pain with loading alterations.

methods: 61 subjects with symptomatic unilateral hip OA underwent gait analyses and evaluation for radiographic severity (Kellgren-Lawrence [KL]-grade) and pain (visual analogue scale) at bilateral hips.

results: Hip OA subjects had greater range of motion and higher hip flexion, adduction, internal and external rotation moments at the contralateral, asymptomatic hip compared to the ipsilateral hip ( p < 0.05). Correlations were noted between increasing KL-grade and increasing asymmetry of contralateral to ipsilateral hip loading ( p < 0.05). There were no relationships with pain and loading asymmetry. DISCUSSION:: Unilateral symptomatic hip OA subjects demonstrate asymmetry in loading between the hips, with relatively greater loads at the contralateral hip. These loading asymmetries were directly related to the radiographic severity of symptomatic hip OA and not with pain.

conclusion: Additional research is needed to determine the role of gait asymmetries in disease progression.

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AgedDisease ProgressionFemaleGaitHumansKnee JointMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, HipPain MeasurementRadiographyRange of Motion, ArticularWeight-BearingBiomechanicshiploadingosteoarthritispain

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PMID29734841
PMCPMC7333443
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