Journal
JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 58-64Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.04.001
Keywords
Knee osteoarthritis; Older adults; Young adults; Gait analysis; Electromyography; Knee biomechanics; Principal component analysis; Aging
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- Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation Establishment and Development and Innovation Grant [MED-DI-2014-8668, MED-EST-2014-9605]
- Faculty of Health Professions Research Development Grant
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Purpose: To compare a group of individuals with moderate medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) to both an age-matched asymptomatic group of older adults and younger adults to determine whether differences in knee joint muscle activation patterns and joint biomechanics exist during gait between these three groups. Scope: 20 young adults, 20 older adults, and 40 individuals with moderate knee OA were recruited. Using standardized procedures, surface electromyograms were recorded from the vastus lateralis and medialis, rectus femoris and the medial and lateral hamstrings. All individuals walked on a dual belt instrumented treadmill while segment motions and ground reaction forces were recorded. Sagittal plane motion and net external sagittal and frontal plane moments were calculated. Discrete measures and principal component analyses extracted amplitude and temporal waveform features. Analysis of Variance models using Bonferroni corrections determined between and within group differences in these gait features (alpha = 0.05). Conclusions: Individuals with knee OA have distinct biomechanics and muscle activation patterns when compared to age-matched asymptomatic adults and younger adults whereas differences between the young and older adults were few and included only measures of muscle activation amplitude. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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