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Guggenberger, B; Horsak, B; Habersack, A; Kruse, A; Smith, CR; Kainz, H; Svehlik, M.
Patient-specific gait pattern in individuals with patellofemoral instability reduces knee joint loads.
Sci Rep. 2024; 14(1): 28520
Doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79021-x
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- Guggenberger Bernhard
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- Habersack Andreas
- Svehlik Martin
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- Abstract:
- Patellofemoral instability is influenced by morphological factors and associated with compensational alterations in gait pattern. Recent simulation studies investigated the impact of knee morphology on the stability and loading of the patellofemoral joint but neglected the patient-specific gait pattern. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of patient-specific gait pattern on muscle forces and joint loading in individuals with patellofemoral instability. Musculoskeletal simulations with a model including a twelve degrees of freedom knee joint were performed based on three-dimensional motion capture data of 21 individuals with chronic patellofemoral instability and 17 healthy control participants. The patellofemoral instability group walked with a less flexed knee joint and reduced knee flexion and abduction moments compared to the control group, which required less quadriceps muscle forces. Lower quadriceps muscle forces resulted in a reduction of tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joint contact forces despite similar walking velocities between both groups. Furthermore, we observed decreased lateralizing patella forces in subjects with patella instability, which could potentially reduce the risk of patella dislocation. Our findings highlight the importance of accounting for the patient-specific gait pattern when analysing knee loads in individuals with patellofemoral instability.
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- Humans - administration & dosage
- Gait - physiology
- Patellofemoral Joint - physiopathology
- Joint Instability - physiopathology
- Male - administration & dosage
- Female - administration & dosage
- Adult - administration & dosage
- Knee Joint - physiopathology
- Biomechanical Phenomena - administration & dosage
- Young Adult - administration & dosage
- Weight-Bearing - physiology
- Range of Motion, Articular - administration & dosage
- Quadriceps Muscle - physiopathology, physiology
- Case-Control Studies - administration & dosage