The aim of the present study is to validate a mobile measuring tool that is capable to determine the knee load during different daily activities.
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Brief title
Condition
- Bone and joint injuries
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Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The correlation coefficient describing the relation between the knee adduction
moment measured with 3D gait analysis and the knee adduction angle as measured
with the mobile measuring tool (3D gyroscope).
Secondary outcome
N.A.
Background summary
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease. The damaged cartilage may lead
to pain, joint stiffness and loss of function. Although osteoarthritis cannot
be cured, it can be treated with pharmacological pain relief and physiotherapy.
The physiotherapist aims to treat osteoarthrtis by reducing pain, physical
limitations and participation problems.
Ambulation and the stimulation of movement is an important part of the
treatment. However, it is important that patient ambulates in such a way that
it does not increase the load on the knee joint. It has been pointed out in
scientific research that in certain patients ambulating may lead to an
increased load on the affected part of the knee joint. It is therefore crucial
that the physiotherapist is able to objectively measure the knee load during
movement. The increased knee load may be partly due to an incorrect gait
pattern. The knee load, or more specifically, the knee adduction moment, seems
to play an important role in the onset and progression of osteoarthritis.
Patients with a high knee adduction moment have an increased risk of
developping osteoarthritis and requiring total knee arthroplasty. The knee
adduction moment is determined by the ground reaction force and the moment arm
of the ground reaction force. Currently, this can only be measured in a gait
lab by means of a force plate and 3D gait analysis. Because this equipment is
not accessible for physiotherapists, there is a need for an alternative method,
that is, easier to use and less expensive than the current measuring tools to
determine the knee load/knee adduction moment in the physiotherapy practice.
Study objective
The aim of the present study is to validate a mobile measuring tool that is
capable to determine the knee load during different daily activities.
Study design
Cross-sectional observational study
Study burden and risks
Each person will participate in the study for a duration of maximally two
hours. During that time they will repeatedly (6 times) perform three simple
dailly activities.
Ds. Th. Fliednerstraat 2
Eindhoven 5631 BN
NL
Ds. Th. Fliednerstraat 2
Eindhoven 5631 BN
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
1) Age 50 years and older;
2) Diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (radiografically diagnosed or determined according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guidelines;
3) Ability to understand and read the Dutch language (this with regard to persons' ability to fill out questionnaires).
Exclusion criteria
1) Unable to walk without the use of walking aids;
2) Additional orthopedic or neurological problems which severely limit person's functioning;
3) Diagnosed with osteoarthritis in the hip;
4) Severe perceptual or cognitive limitations.
5) Cardiac and pulmonairy problems.
Design
Recruitment
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Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL42762.015.12 |