Effects of unweighting on gait kinematics during walking on a lower-body positive-pressure treadmill in patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Yoshiaki KataokaTomohiro ShimizuRyo TakedaShigeru TadanoYuki SaitoSatoshi OsukaTomoya IshidaMina SamukawaTohru IrieDaisuke TakahashiNorimasa IwasakiHarukazu Tohyama

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2021)

Unweighting by the LBPP treadmill decreased pain in the hip OA group but did not drastically alter the gait kinematics compared with that in the control group. Therefore, regarding the use of the LBPP treadmill for patients with hip OA, clinicians should consider the benefits of pain reduction rather than the kinematic changes.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
total hip arthroplasty
knee osteoarthritis
pain management
neuropathic pain
palliative care
spinal cord injury