Acetabular cartilage defects cause altered hip and knee joint coordination variability during gait.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with acetabular cartilage defects reported increased pain and disability compared to those without acetabular cartilage defects. The specific effects of acetabular cartilage defects on lower extremity coordination patterns are unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine hip and knee joint coordination variability during gait in those with and without acetabular cartilage defects.

Methods

A combined approach, consisting of a semi-quantitative MRI-based quantification method and vector coding, was used to assess hip and knee joint coordination variability during gait in those with and without acetabular cartilage lesions.

Findings

The coordination variability of the hip flexion-extension/knee rotation, hip abduction-adduction/knee rotation, a

SUBMITTER: Samaan MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4674371 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature