Abnormal gait pattern in downhill hiking is related to muscular deficits of the knee flexors and extensors in active patients with total knee arthroplasty
The study shows that even if rehabilitation has been completed successfully and complication-free, five to 14 months after surgery, the muscular condition was still insufficient to display a normal gait pattern during downhill hiking. The muscle balance between quadriceps and hamstring muscles seems related to the persistence of a stiff knee gait pattern after knee arthroplasty. LoE: III.
Source: Clinical Biomechanics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Judith Bleuel, Igor Komnik, Iris Mittendorfer, Bj örn Michel, Steffen Willwacher Source Type: research