Evaluating the contribution of fat infiltration in anterior gluteus minimus muscle to walking ability in female with unilateral hip osteoarthritis and candidates for total hip arthroplasty

• Published in: Clinical biomechanics (Bristol) Vol. 103; p. 105909
• Main Authors: Yuri, Takuma, Nankaku, Manabu, Kawano, Takumi, Murao, Masanobu, Hamada, Ryota, Goto, Kouji, Kuroda, Yutaka, Kawai, Toshiyuki, Ikeguchi, Ryosuke, Matsuda, Shuichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Buttocks - physiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Fatty infiltration; Female; Gait; Gait - physiology; Gluteus minimus; Hip Joint - physiology; Hip osteoarthritis; Humans; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Osteoarthritis, Hip; Retrospective Studies; Hip osteoarthritis; Gait; Gluteus minimus; Fatty infiltration

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between gait and fat infiltration in anterior and posterior gluteus minimus in the patients with hip osteoarthritis. Ninety-one female patients who were diagnosed as the unilateral hip osteoarthritis, classified into Kellgren-Lawrence glob...