ArticleScientific reports2021
Compromised balance control in older people with bilateral medial knee osteoarthritis during level walking.
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- Effectiveness of balance training on pain and functional outcomes in knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.F1000Research · 2022Pooled it
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- Biomechanical mechanisms underlying the effect of minimalist footwear on walking stability in persons with a history of falls.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Losing Ground Following Community Exercise Programme Closures: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Impact of COVID-19 Related Pandemic Restrictions on Exercise Participation, Physical Activity, and Health of Older Adults With Balance and Mobility Limitations.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- Recurrent Neural Network Methods for Extracting Dynamic Balance Variables during Gait from a Single Inertial Measurement Unit.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mid-vastus total knee arthroplasty for medial osteoarthritis recovers gait balance control better than lateral parapatellar approach three months post-surgery.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- The Identification of Elderly People with High Fall Risk Using Machine Learning Algorithms.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Physiotherapeutic Strategies and Their Current Evidence for Canine Osteoarthritis.Veterinary sciences · 2022Review
- Short-term effects of COVID-19 on the risk of traumatic fractures in China cities.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Avascular Necrosis of the Hip Compromises Gait Balance Control in Female Juveniles With Unilateral Developmental Dysplasia Treated in Toddlerhood.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
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Abstract
About half of the elderly population has knee osteoarthritis (OA), showing altered gait patterns with increased fall risk. The current study aimed to identify the effects of severe bilateral medial knee osteoarthritis on gait balance control, in terms of the inclination angle (IA) of the center of pressure to center of mass vector, and the rate of change of IA (RCIA). Fifteen older adults with severe bilateral medial knee OA and 15 healthy controls walked at their preferred walking speed while the kinematic and forceplate data were measured to calculate IA, RCIA and temporal-spatial parameters. The OA group showed compromised gait balance control, due to a decreased average and range of sagittal RCIA over double-limb support (DLS, p < 0.002) and single-limb support (SLS, p < 0.002), as well as an increased sagittal IA (DLS, p < 0.005). Significantly decreased frontal RCIA averages during DLS, heel-strike and toe-off, and decreased RCIA ranges during SLS and swing (p < 0.027) were also observed. Reducing RCIA during DLS appeared to help reduce the loading rate and pain at the knees, and reduced RCIA at the subsequent SLS. The results indicated an increased risk of loss of balance in the OA group, and may warrant regular monitoring for reduced RCIA during gait to determine fall risk.
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