ArticleArchives of physiotherapy2022
Muscle activation patterns around knee following neuromuscular training in patients with knee osteoarthritis: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.
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- The impacts of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with aquatic neuromuscular training on pain, function, kinesiophobia, knee instability, and quality of life in knee osteoarthritis: a double-blind randomized trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
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- Functional Differences in the Affected Limbs Between CPAK Type I and Type II Patients Undergoing Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Gluteus Maximus-gastrocnemius versus Quadriceps Biofeedback Neuromuscular Training during Gait in Knee Osteoarthritis: Development and Feasibility of a Novel Concept with a Pilot Study.Journal of medical signals and sensors · 2026Article
- Are we Measuring Knee Proprioception Correctly? A Case-Control Study of Joint Reposition Sense and Reflex Latencies for Measuring Proprioception in Knee Hemophilic Arthropathy.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Assessing the acute effects of diagonal mobilization on static and dynamic balance in young football players: a randomized double-blind study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Factors, characteristics and influences of the changes of muscle activation patterns for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Review
- Relationship between muscle activation and sagittal knee joint biomechanics in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study.Knee surgery & related research · 2025Article
- Correlation between quadriceps activation and proprioception in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Obesity, Osteoarthritis, and Myokines: Balancing Weight Management Strategies, Myokine Regulation, and Muscle Health.Nutrients · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effects of neuromuscular training (NMT) to a quadriceps strength training (QT) program on co-contraction index (CCI) of knee muscles in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
methodsSixty-six knee OA patients with varus malalignment were recruited from the physiotherapy outpatient department of the university. After baseline measurements, they were randomly assigned into two groups: NMT (n = 33) and QT (n = 33). Patients in NMT group received neuromuscular exercises whereas QT group received conventional strengthening exercises for a period of 12 weeks, three times per week. Electromyographic (EMG) activity of quadriceps, hamstring and gastrocnemius muscle was evaluated during treadmill walking before and after 12 weeks of intervention period and CCI of medial quadriceps-medial hamstring (med QH), lateral quadriceps-lateral hamstring (lat QH), medial quadriceps-medial gastrocnemius (med QG) and, lateral quadriceps and lateral gastrocnemius (lat QG) was calculated.
resultsThere was a significantly greater reduction in CCI of med QH (p = 0.02) and lat QH (p = 0.01) in the NMT group than the QT group. Whereas both NMT and QT led to statistically similar reductions in CCI of med QG (p = 0.08) and lat QG (p = 0.66).
conclusionFindings of this study suggest that NMT led to a greater reduction in CCI of knee muscles than QT which indicates that enhanced sensori-motor control attained by NMT could reduce knee loading in knee OA patients with varus malalignment.
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