Effect of a 12-week program of hip abductor and adductor muscle strengthening on knee loading during walking in people with medial knee osteoarthritis.

Prof Kim Bennell0 个研究点目标入组 90 人开始时间: 2007年1月2日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•Eligibility will be confirmed by radiographic and clinical examination. Medial tibiofemoral joint osteoarthritis (OA) fulfilling American College of Rheumatology classification criteria and reporting average knee pain on walking >3 on an 11-point scale will be included. Other inclusion criteria will be: (i) varus knee malalignment on standing anteroposterior lower limb x-ray.

•(i) knee surgery or intra-articular corticosteroid injection within 6 months; (ii) current or past (within 4 weeks) oral corticosteroid use; (iii) systemic arthritic conditions; (iv) history of tibiofemoral/patellofemoral joint replacement or tibial osteotomy; (v) any other muscular, joint or neurological condition affecting lower limb function; (vi) back or hip pain within the past 3 years that caused the patient to seek treatment, take medication, miss work or interfere with function for at least one week; and (vii) any physiotherapy or lower limb strengthening exercises in the past 6 months.

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Prof Kim Bennell