Abstract
Knee orthoses are designed to reestablish the normal kinematics of the knee joint. However, the data on the effectiveness of them on modifying the internal joint kinematics are scarce. The aim of this study was to develop a method to allow accurate comparison of the knee contact kinematics in osteoarthritic (OA) subjects with and without wearing a valgus knee orthosis using imaging techniques. Biplane x-ray images of a subject (68 yrs., female, 1.70 m, 89 kg, left knee) was recorded during a weight-bearing squat at five positions. The same squat trial was repeated while wearing the orthosis. The 3D models of the knee were reconstructed from the biplane x-rays and the joint kinematics as well as the tibiofemoral contact point locations and bone-to-bone distance were compared at each posture. This could be seen as a proof of concept for the use of contact point locations as a parameter for evaluating the effectiveness of knee orthoses.Clinical Relevance- Joint kinematics derived from the skin markers suffer from low accuracy. The real impact of the knee orthoses on the skeleton takes vigorous techniques, which allows detecting the subtle kinematics changes directly at the joint level.
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