ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Relationship between Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Muscle Co-Contraction in People with Knee Osteoarthritis.
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- Changes in Quadriceps Force Control and Torque Quality Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Reconstruction: Associations with Functional Performance-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
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- Preoperative Anxiety and Depression Are Associated with Lateral Compartment Osteoarthritis Progression After Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Advances in heterogeneity and classification of osteoarthritis.Bone research · 2026Review
- Kinesiophobia and knee biomechanical characteristics in patients with postoperative tibial plateau fractures across body mass index categories: a cross-sectional mediation analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular and Kinematic Strategies During Step-Up and Down-Forwards Task in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Psychological and Neuromechanical Recovery After Concussion: Dual-Task Stability and Kinesiophobia from Return to Play to Six Months.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- A Wearable System for Knee Osteoarthritis: Based on Multimodal Physiological Signal Assessment and Intelligent Rehabilitation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Defining and measuring varus thrust in knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review of current evidence and challenges.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2025Review
- The effect of fear of movement on gait characteristics in patients with knee osteoarthritis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Excessive muscle co-contraction is one of the factors related to the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). A previous study demonstrated that pain, joint instability, lateral thrust, weight, and lower extremity alignment were listed as factors affecting excessive co-contraction in knee OA. However, this study aimed to assess the association between fear-avoidance beliefs and muscle co-contraction during gait and stair climbing in people with knee OA. Twenty-four participants with knee OA participated in this cross-sectional study. Co-contraction ratios (CCRs) were used to calculate muscle co-contraction during walking and stair climbing, using surface electromyography. Fear-avoidance beliefs were assessed by the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia-11 (TSK-11) for kinesiophobia and the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) for pain catastrophizing. Secondary parameters that may influence co-contraction, such as degree of pain, lateral thrust, weight, and lower extremity alignment, were measured. The relationships between the CCR during each movement, TSK-11, and PSC were evaluated using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and partial correlation analysis, adjusted by weight and lower extremity alignment. Partial correlation analysis showed a significant correlation only between medial muscles CCR and TSK-11 during stair descent (r = 0.54,
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