Effects of active feedback gait retraining to produce a medial weight transfer at the foot in subjects with symptomatic medial knee osteoarthritis

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic research Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 2251 - 2259
• Main Authors: Erhart‐Hledik, Jennifer C., Asay, Jessica L., Clancy, Caitlin, Chu, Constance R., Andriacchi, Thomas P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2017
• Subjects: active feedback; Aged; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Foot Joints - physiology; Gait; gait modification; Humans; knee; knee adduction moment; Male; Middle Aged; osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities; Weight-Bearing; knee adduction moment; knee; gait modification; active feedback; osteoarthritis

ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine if active feedback gait retraining to produce a medial weight transfer at the foot significantly reduces the knee adduction moment in subjects with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Secondarily, changes in peak knee flexion moment, frontal plane knee and...