Abstract: People with knee osteoarthritis present with difficulty in performing high flexion activities that load the knee. Information on peak external knee adduction-moment (KAM) and knee flexion ...

Objective: To evaluate whether distal rectus femoris transfer (DRFT) is related to postoperative increase of knee flexion during the stance phase in cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: The inclusion ...

17 The changes of this gait phase may have several causes: quadriceps muscle weakness with increasing knee flexion; spasticity of the quadriceps muscle, which leads to a torn quadriceps at the initial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Manipulation under anesthesia with or without lysis of adhesion after total knee arthroplasty may ...

keep your knee soft and don’t lock the joint. Slowly move your foot back to the floor. Repeat on the opposite side and repeat 4 to 5 times per leg. Spasticity from a stroke can cause muscle ...

to four (the muscle is rigid in flexion or extension). Depending on the final score, you may be diagnosed with spasticity. [6] Unfortunately, no. If you have one of the conditions that can cause ...

This Program will calculate the Gait Angle of knee flexion from the subject using sensor fusion inertial measurement unit by utilizing accelerometer and gyroscope from smartphone.

Considering hip position influences the assessment and, consequently, the outcomes, when measuring knee muscle spasticity, studies must define protocols where hip position is considered and registered ...

OBJECTIVE: Review of assessment protocols of knee muscles spasticity using the isokinetic dynamometer. DATA SOURCES: Research was performed in the PubMed, SciELO, Academic Search Complete and Scopus ...

Although knee extensor spasticity is a common independent secondary sensorimotor disorder post-stroke ... and demonstrated that the residual knee flexor strategy is still present in the paretic limb, ...