New publication in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Congratulations Ehyun Kim on her new publication in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage!
Mechanisms underlying gait alterations in people with knee osteoarthritis remain unclear and which patients may benefit from biomechanical interventions to reduce knee loading needs study.
We observed that lower pressure pain threshold at the knee or the wrist, i.e., greater peripheral and/or central pain sensitization, was related to lower frontal plane knee loading during walking in people with knee osteoarthritis (n=104). While the cross-sectional analyses do not allow us to determine directionality or causality, it may be plausible that individuals with knee OA who are most pain-sensitized may alter their gait patterns—not entirely via reductions in gait speed—to reduce knee loading in an attempt to decrease knee pain. Plausibly, biomechanical interventions to reduce knee loading may be most appropriate for people with knee OA without elevated pain sensitivity.
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