Osteoarthritis (OA) a common disease of aged population and one of the leading causes of
disability. Incidence of knee OA is rising by increasing average age of general population …

In this article, the authors posit that, because osteoarthritis (OA) involves all of the tissues of
the synovial joint, the emphasis on the loss of cartilage, in particular, is misguided. In …

Pain is the dominant symptom in osteoarthritis (OA) and sensitization may contribute to the
pain severity. This study investigated the role of sensitization in patients with painful knee …

Objective Test the hypothesis that greater baseline peak external knee adduction moment
(KAM), KAM impulse, and peak external knee flexion moment (KFM) during the stance …

Background Obesity and musculoskeletal pain are strongly related, but there is emerging
evidence that body fat, not body weight, may be a better indicator of risk. There is, therefore …

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the prevalence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) and
knee pain in the Japanese elderly using a large-scale population of a nationwide cohort …

Excessive contact force is believed to contribute to the development of medial compartment
knee osteoarthritis. The external knee adduction moment (KAM) has been identified as a …

Objective To evaluate the effect of gait modification strategies on the external knee
adduction moment (KAM), a marker of medial knee joint load; determine potentially adverse …

Knee forces are highly significant in osteoarthritis and in the survival and function of knee
arthroplasty. A large number of studies have attempted to estimate forces around the knee …

This study examined the influence of a 6‐week gait retraining program on the knee
adduction moment (KAM) and knee pain and function. Ten subjects with medial …