Dynamic knee valgus kinematics and their relationship to pain in women with patellofemoral pain compared to women with chronic hip joint pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dynamic knee valgus (DKV) is an abnormal movement pattern visually characterized by excessive medial movement of the lower extremity during weight bearing. Differences in hip and knee kinematic components of DKV may explain the emergence of different pain problems in people who exhibit the same observed movement impairment. Using a secondary analysis of exiting data sets, we sought to determine whether hip and knee frontal and transverse plane angles during a functional task differed between women with patellofemoral pain and women with chronic hip joint pain, and the relationship between joint-specific kinematics and pain in these 2 pain populations.

Methods

In the original studies, 3-dimensional hip and knee kinematics during a single leg squat were obtained in

SUBMITTER: Schmidt E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738932 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature