Investigating Knee Joint Proprioception and Its Impact on Limits of Stability Using Dynamic Posturography in Individuals with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis—A Cross-Sectional Study of Comparisons and Correlations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design, Participants, Setting, and Ethics Statement
2.2. Assessments and Outcomes
2.2.1. Knee Pain Severity
2.2.2. Knee Society Score (KSS)
2.2.3. Knee Joint Position Sense
2.2.4. Limits of Stability
2.2.5. Reaction Time
2.2.6. Maximum Excursion
2.2.7. Directional Control
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Knee OA (n = 50) | Asymptomatic (n = 50) | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 67.10 ± 4.36 | 66.50 ± 3.63 | 0.475 |
Gender (M:F) | 28:22 | 32:18 | 0.143 |
Height (meters) | 1.67 ± 0.09 | 1.73 ± 0.05 | 0.302 |
Weight (kg) | 71.34 ± 5.96 | 70.58 ± 5.24 | 0.130 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.40 ± 3.50 | 23.38 ± 2.14 | 0.441 |
Pain intensity (VAS score, 0–10) | 5.99 ± 1.70 | n/a | - |
Knee Society knee score | 48 ± 13 | n/a | - |
Variables | Asymptomatic (n = 50) | Knee OA (n = 50) | F | p-Value |
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Dominant—knee JPE at 25° of flexion (°) | 3.56 ± 1.05 | 5.48 ± 1.53 | 53.50 | <0.001 |
Dominant—knee JPE at 40° of flexion (°) | 3.60 ± 0.86 | 5.40 ± 1.60 | 49.00 | <0.001 |
Nondominant—knee JPE at 25° of flexion (°) | 3.68 ± 0.79 | 5.83 ±1.53 | 77.47 | <0.001 |
Nondominant—knee JPE at 40° of flexion (°) | 3.44 ± 0.86 | 5.85 ± 1.57 | 90.66 | <0.001 |
Reaction time (s) | 0.89 ± 0.29 | 1.64 ±0.30 | 162.48 | <0.001 |
Maximum excursion (%) | 5.25 ± 1.34 | 4.37 ± 0.45 | 19.44 | <0.001 |
Direction control (%) | 87.50 ± 4.49 | 78.42 ± 5.47 | 82.36 | <0.001 |
Variables | Reaction Time (s) | Maximum Excursion (%) | Direction Control (%) | |
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Dominant—Knee JPE at 25° of flexion (°) | r | 0.68 ** | −0.28 ** | −0.60 ** |
Dominant—Knee JPE at 40° of flexion (°) | r | 0.60 ** | −0.30 ** | −0.59 ** |
Nondominant—Knee JPE at 25° of flexion (°) | r | 0.66 ** | −0.34 ** | −0.62 ** |
Non- Dominant—Knee JPE at 40° of flexion (°) | r | 0.68 ** | −0.38 ** | −0.65 ** |
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Raizah, A.; Reddy, R.S.; Alshahrani, M.S.; Tedla, J.S.; Dixit, S.; Gular, K.; Gautam, A.P.; Ahmad, I.; Kandakurti, P.K. Investigating Knee Joint Proprioception and Its Impact on Limits of Stability Using Dynamic Posturography in Individuals with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis—A Cross-Sectional Study of Comparisons and Correlations. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 2764. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082764
Raizah A, Reddy RS, Alshahrani MS, Tedla JS, Dixit S, Gular K, Gautam AP, Ahmad I, Kandakurti PK. Investigating Knee Joint Proprioception and Its Impact on Limits of Stability Using Dynamic Posturography in Individuals with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis—A Cross-Sectional Study of Comparisons and Correlations. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(8):2764. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082764
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaizah, Abdullah, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Jaya Shanker Tedla, Snehil Dixit, Kumar Gular, Ajay Prashad Gautam, Irshad Ahmad, and Praveen Kumar Kandakurti. 2023. "Investigating Knee Joint Proprioception and Its Impact on Limits of Stability Using Dynamic Posturography in Individuals with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis—A Cross-Sectional Study of Comparisons and Correlations" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 8: 2764. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082764