Abstracts tagged "biomechanical testing and osteoarthritis"

Abstract Number: 262 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Flexible Footwear Reduces Dynamic Joint Loads in Knee Osteoarthritis: Results of a 6 Month Randomized Controlled Trial
Najia Shakoor¹, Roy H. Lidtke², Louis F. Fogg³, Rachel A. Mikolaitis², Markus A. Wimmer⁴, Kharma C. Foucher⁴, Laura E. Thorp⁵ and Joel A. Block², ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Section of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁵Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Dynamic joint loads are important in the pathophysiology of knee OA and biomechanical interventions aim to reduce these loads in hopes of improving symptoms…
Abstract Number: 265 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reducing Loads in the Contralateral Side in Medial Knee Osteoarthritis; A 3-Year Follow-up Study
Roy H. Lidtke and Joel A. Block, Section of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: No strategies have been shown to prevent Medial knee osteoarthritis (MKOA). For those with symptomatic unilateral MKOA, the contralateral knee may be at risk…
Abstract Number: 1127 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Stereo X-Ray Evaluation of Knee Joint Mechanics During Downhill Walking in Subject with Knee Osteoarthritis
Shawn Farrokhi¹, Carrie A. Rainis², G. Kelley Fitzgerald³ and Scott Tashman², ¹Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Altered tibiofemoral (TF) joint kinematics and joint surface interactions have been linked with development and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, accurate in-vivo investigations…