Association of Low Physical Activity Levels With Gait Patterns Considered at Risk for Clinical Knee Osteoarthritis Progression.

ABSTRACT: Although gait analysis provides an estimate of joint loading magnitude and patterns during a typical step, accelerometry provides information about loading frequency. Understanding the relationships between these components of loading and knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression may improve conservative management, as gait interventions may need to account for physical activity levels or vice versa. The primary objective was to examine relationships between gait patterns that have previously been associated with OA progression and accelerometer-derived metrics of loading frequency. The secondary objective examined the association of accelerometer-derived metrics and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) at a mean follow-up of 3.5 years. Fifty-seven individuals with knee OA underwent gait analysis and

SUBMITTER: Costello KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature