Is knee joint proprioception worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in unilateral knee osteoarthritis?
Is knee joint proprioception worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in unilateral knee osteoarthritis?
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DOI:
10.1002/art.1780400821
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发表时间:
1997-08-01
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通讯作者:
Rymer, WZ
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作者:
Sharma, L;Pai, YC;Rymer, WZ
Objective. Neuromuscular joint protection requires proprioceptive input and motor output. Impairment of proprioception in knee osteoarthritis (OA) may contribute to, and/or result from, the disease. If this impairment was exclusively a local result of OA, a between-knee difference would be expected in patients with unilateral OA (UOA). To explore causal directions, 2 hypotheses were tested: 1) proprioception is worse in UOA patients versus elderly controls; 2) proprioception is worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in UOA patients.Methods. Twenty-eight UOA patients (Kellgren-Lawrence grade greater than or equal to 2 in 1 knee and