Impact loading in osteoarthritic women during varied walking conditions

dc.contributor.author	Σπυρόπουλος, Παναγιώτης	el
dc.contributor.author	Armstrong, C.	en
dc.contributor.author	Χρονόπουλος, Ευστάθιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Kwiatkowski, Bruce	en
dc.contributor.author	Μπαμπάτσικου, Φωτούλα Π.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-18T21:37:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-18T21:37:58Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1400
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Osteoarthritis
dc.subject	Walking (Sports)
dc.subject	Οστεοαρθρίτιδα
dc.subject	Περπάτημα
dc.subject	Accelerometer
dc.subject	Shock attenuation
dc.subject	Impact loading
dc.title	Impact loading in osteoarthritic women during varied walking conditions	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Orthopedics
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Ορθοπαιδική
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heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2008-03
heal.bibliographicCitation	Spyropoulos, P., Armstrong, C., Chronopoulos, E. & Kwiatkowski. (March 2008) Impact loading in osteoarthritic women during varied walking conditions. “Health Science Journal”. 2 (1). p. 51-58.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Although osteoarthritis affects a great portion of the population little is known on the loading of the human locomotor system of osteoarthritics during ambulation. Purpose: To examine and compare the characteristics of shock generation and absorption between healthy and osteoarthritic females during various walking conditions. Material and Method: Ten middle-aged healthy and ten osteoarthritic women walked barefoot on a motorized treadmill at 1.5 and 2.5 miles per hour while its surface was level, uphill and downhill. The peak decelerations of the shank and head during the contact of the foot with the ground were recorded with a low mass accelerometer. In order to secure unbiased estimation of the results, ten steps were computed for each walking condition in all subjects. A three-way ANOVA compared all dependent variables. Results: Similar peak shank deceleration was recorded between healthy (2.83 + 0.19 g) and osteoarthritic women (2.78 + 0.23 g) (p>0.05) whereas osteoarthitic displayed significant (p<0.05) lower values of peak head deceleration (0.66 + 0.05 g) than healthy females (0.81 + 0.06 g). Fast walking produced significanly higher deceleration values (p<0.01) than slow walking at the shank (3.71 + 0.23 g vs. 1.91 + 0.31 g) and head (0.97 + 0.07 g vs. 0.51 + 0.07 g). Significant peak tibial (2.46 + 0.42 g) (p<0.05) and head deceleration (0.78 + 0.12 g) (p<0.01) values were also found during level walking. During uphill ambulation, there were also significant peak tibial (3.15 + 0.57 g) (p<0.05) and head deceleration (0.62 + 0.09 g) (p<0.01) values. Lastly in downhill walking, there were significant peak tibial (2.81 + 0.39 g) (p<0.05) and head deceleration (0.81 + 0.13 g) (p<0.01) values. Conclusion: The findings might suggest that slow and level walking could be recommended to patients suffering from osteoarthritis since they produce the least stress on the musculoskeletal system.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2008-01