Impact of subject-specific step width modification on the knee and hip adduction moments during gait

• Published in: Gait & posture Vol. 89; no. NA; pp. 161 - 168
• Main Authors: Stief, Felix, Holder, Jana, Feja, Zoe, Lotfolahpour, Arian, Meurer, Andrea, Wilke, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Biomechanical Phenomena; Compensatory mechanism; Gait; Gait analysis; Hip Joint; Hip joint moment; Hip osteoarthritis; Humans; Knee Joint; Knee joint moment; Step width; Walking; Young Adult; Compensatory mechanism; Step width; Hip osteoarthritis; Knee joint moment; Hip joint moment; Gait analysis

•Effect of 4 step width (SW) conditions on knee and hip joint moments were tested.•An increase in SW reduces frontal plane knee and hip joint moments during gait.•The effect of SW on the hip joint is slightly greater compared to the knee joint.•A reduction in SW has no effect on frontal plane knee a...