Personalization improves the biomechanical efficacy of foot progression angle modifications in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT: Modifying the foot progression angle during walking can reduce the knee adduction moment, a surrogate measure of medial knee loading. However, not all individuals reduce their knee adduction moment with the same modification. This study evaluates whether a personalized approach to prescribing foot progression angle modifications increases the proportion of individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis who reduce their knee adduction moment, compared to a non-personalized approach. Individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis (N=107) walked with biofeedback instructing them to toe-in and toe-out by 5° and 10° relative to their self-selected angle. We selected individuals' personalized foot progression angle as the modification that maximally reduced their larger knee adduction moment peak. Add

SUBMITTER: Uhlrich SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889103 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature