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Dynamic Loading And Pain In Knee Osteoarthritis: Effects Of Limb Realignment And Ligament Reconstruction Surgeries, Kendal Marriott
Dynamic Loading And Pain In Knee Osteoarthritis: Effects Of Limb Realignment And Ligament Reconstruction Surgeries, Kendal Marriott
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Painful loading of the knee during walking is a key feature of knee osteoarthritis (OA). The external knee moments derived from three-dimensional gait analysis represent dynamic knee loads and may help evaluate surgical interventions. However, the relationships between knee moments and pain and the effects of surgery remain unclear. The overall purpose of this thesis was to investigate knee moments and pain during walking in patients with moderate medial knee OA, including the effects of limb realignment and ligament reconstruction surgeries. This thesis includes three studies investigating knee moments in patients with medial compartment tibiofemoral OA.
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