Effect of age and osteoarthritis on knee proprioception
β Scribed by Yi-Chung Pai; W. Zev Rymer; Rowland W. Chang; Leena Sharma
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 653 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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Objective. Neuromuscular joint protection requires proprioceptive input and motor output. Impairment of proprioception in knee osteoarthritis (OA) may contribute to, and/or result from, the disease. If this impairment was exclusively a local result of OA, a between-knee difference would be expected
## Abstract ## Objective Quadriceps weakness is a risk factor for incident knee osteoarthritis (OA). We describe a randomized controlled trial of effects of lowerβextremity strength training on incidence and progression of knee OA. ## Methods A total of 221 older adults (mean age 69 years) were