Dynamic joint stiffness and co-contraction in subjects after total knee arthroplasty
| Autor: | Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Joseph A. Zeni, Kevin McGinnis, Portia Flowers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint medicine.medical_treatment Biophysics Electromyography Article Biomechanical Phenomena Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Range of Motion Articular Arthroplasty Replacement Knee Gait Aged Analysis of Variance medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged Arthroplasty Joint stiffness Female Hip Joint medicine.symptom Range of motion business human activities Ankle Joint Muscle contraction Muscle Contraction |
| Zdroj: | Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 28(2) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1271 |
| Popis: | Although total knee arthroplasty reduces pain and improves function, patients continue to walk with asymmetrical movement patterns, that may affect muscle activation and joint loading patterns. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the specific biomechanical abnormalities that persist after total knee arthroplasty and examine the neuromuscular mechanisms that may contribute to these asymmetries.Dynamic joint stiffness at the hip, knee and ankle, as well as co-contraction at the knee and ankle, were compared between the operated and non-operated limbs of 32 subjects who underwent total knee arthroplasty and 21 subjects without lower extremity impairment.Subjects after total knee arthroplasty demonstrated higher dynamic joint stiffness in the operated knee compared to the non-operated knee (0.056 (0.023) Nm/kg/m/deg vs. 0.043 (0.016) Nm/kg/m/deg, P=0.003) and the knees from a control group without lower extremity pathology (controls: 0.042 (0.015) Nm/kg/m/deg, P=0.017). No differences were found between limbs or groups for dynamic joint stiffness at the hip or ankle. There was no relationship between dynamic joint stiffness at the knee and ankle and the amount of co-contraction between antagonistic muscles at those joints.Patients after total knee arthroplasty walk with less knee joint excursion and greater knee stiffness, although no differences were found between groups for stiffness at the hip or ankle. Mechanisms other than co-contraction are likely the underlying cause of the altered knee mechanics. These findings are clinically relevant because the goal should be to create interventions to reduce these abnormalities and increase function. |
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