1. Relationship Between Varus Thrust During Gait and Low Back Pain in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis.
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Iijima H, Suzuki Y, Aoyama T, and Takahashi M
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- Aged, Biomechanical Phenomena physiology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Gait physiology, Knee Joint physiopathology, Low Back Pain physiopathology, Osteoarthritis, Knee physiopathology, Walking physiology
- Abstract
Objective: To test the hypothesis that varus thrust visualized during gait is associated with a higher prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA)., Methods: Individuals with knee OA (Kellgren/Lawrence grade ≥1) underwent a gait observation to assess varus thrust. The participants identified LBP and its severity using questionnaires. Logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the association between varus thrust and LBP., Results: We included 205 participants (mean age 68.19 years; 72.20% women). A total of 45 participants (22.0%) showed varus thrust in their painful knee, in whom 31 (68.89%) and 18 (40.00%) were identified as having any LBP and moderate-to-severe LBP (numerical rating scale ≥4 points), respectively. Patients with varus thrust demonstrated a 3.6-fold higher risk of the presence of moderate-to-severe LBP (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.62-8.10). In patients with LBP, the presence of varus thrust was associated with more severe LBP intensity (proportional odds ratio 2.25 [95% CI 1.02-4.96])., Conclusion: This study highlights the novel relationship between varus thrust and LBP, which supports the idea of a biomechanical link, the so-called knee-spine syndrome. These findings provide new insight for clarifying the pathogenesis of LBP related to knee OA., (© 2019, American College of Rheumatology.)
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- 2020
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