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598127

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
126
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical and roentgenographic examinations do not provide objective information on the functional performance of a diseased knee joint. In the present study, biomechanical parameters of knee joint function for 95 patients (162 knees) with rheumatoid arthritis and degenerative joint disease were studied in a gait laboratory and compared with those for 29 normal subjects. Gait abnormalities of the patient groups were significant and were related more to the functional status of the knee than to patient age and sex or the specific diagnosis. Knee joint disease produced an inefficient gait that seemed to mitigate joint pain (by reducing poorly tolerated compressive forces on the joint) and to increase proprioceptive feedback (in order to increase dynamic muscular control of the unstable joint). Biomechanical parameters were statistically correlated with some clinical and roentgenographic features to allow standardization of functional assessment of the diseased knee joint.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
246-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Biomechanical gait analysis of the diseased knee joint.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study