How do patients with knee osteoarthritis affect joint coordination during gait?

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750186
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Anan Masaya 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院, 助教 (10517080)
• Research Collaborator: SHINKODA Koichi ; KITO Nobuhiro ; TANIMOTO Kenji ; TOKUDA Kazuki ; SAWADA Tomonori ; TAKEDA Takuya ; OGATA Yuta
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 協調性 / 歩行 / 変形性膝関節症 / UCM解析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to elucidate how the patients with knee osteoarthritis affect joint coordination during gait. The results of this study reveal that the patients with knee osteoarthritis paid more attention to task achievement of toe clearance for swing leg than the stability of the center of mass in the lateral direction. This suggested that it can be caused by large inter-trial variations of the affected lower extremity. The implication is that it is important to reacquire the control of the center of mass in the lateral direction and to enhance the coordination of the affected lower extremity by improving the muscle function around the hip joint.

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