Impaired varus-valgus proprioception and neuromuscular stabilization in medial knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 360-366

  Chang, Alison H ^a   Lee, Song Joo ^b   Zhao, Heng ^c   Ren, Yupeng ^c   Zhang, Li Qun ^b,c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; Knee osteoarthritis; Proprioception; Varus valgus motion

Indexed keywords

6-AXIS FORCE SENSOR; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL; VARUS-VALGUS MOTION;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; MUSCLE; PLASMA STABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; STABILIZATION;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

INSTABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; VARUS-VALGUS MOTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84891828555     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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