Anderson, J, King, S, Przybyla, A, Ranganath, L and Barton, GJ (2018) Reduction of frontal plane knee load caused by lateral trunk lean depends on step width. Gait and Posture. ISSN 0966-6362

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Abstract

The internal knee abduction moment (KAM) in osteoarthritis is reduced by increased lateral trunk lean (TL). Mechanistically, this occurs as the Centre of Mass (COM) moves further over the stance leg. Since the size of the base of support constrains the COM, an associated increase in step width (SW) would be expected to maintain stability. This study tested the effects of TL on SW and KAM in healthy participants (n = 21) who performed normal and 6° TL walks. The latter was controlled via audio-visual biofeedback. We found two distinct gait strategies in TL walk: widening the step width substantially (>50%) to permit an increase in the COM displacement (WSW, n = 13), or maintaining a baseline SW and minimally displacing the COM by moving the hip/pelvic complex in the opposite direction (NSW, n = 8). WSW doubled SW (11.3 ± 2.4 v. 24.7 ± 5.5 cm, p < .0001), NSW did not change SW (12.2 ± 2.8 v. 13.7 ± 4.7 cm, p > 0.05). These two distinct gait strategies resulted in unique patterns of KAM reduction across the stance phase. NSW reduced KAM impulse significantly in the initial half (0.08 ± 0.02 v. 0.06 ± 0.02, p = .04) but not in the later stance phase (0.07 ± 0.02 v. 0.07 ± 0.04, p > 0.05). WSW reduced KAM significantly in both initial (0.11 ± 0.03 v. 0.08 ± 0.04, p < 0.001) and later stance phase (0.09 ± 0.02 v. 0.06 ± 0.03, p < 0.001). KAM peak results followed the pattern of impulse. This study has revealed two distinct mechanisms for increasing lateral trunk lean which can be used to explain discrepancies in past research and in the future could be used to individualise gait re-training strategies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1106 Human Movement And Sports Science, 0913 Mechanical Engineering
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport & Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date Deposited:	26 Feb 2018 17:19
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 03:04
DOI or ID number:	10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.02.022
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8137

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