Patient-specific gait pattern in individuals with patellofemoral instability reduces knee joint loads.

ABSTRACT: Patellofemoral instability is influenced by morphological factors and associated with compensational alterations in gait pattern. Recent simulation studies investigated the impact of knee morphology on the stability and loading of the patellofemoral joint but neglected the patient-specific gait pattern. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of patient-specific gait pattern on muscle forces and joint loading in individuals with patellofemoral instability. Musculoskeletal simulations with a model including a twelve degrees of freedom knee joint were performed based on three-dimensional motion capture data of 21 individuals with chronic patellofemoral instability and 17 healthy control participants. The patellofemoral instability group walked with a less flexed knee joint and re

SUBMITTER: Guggenberger B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574134 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature