Effects of a six-week gait retraining intervention on knee load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis- A pilot study

Abstract

Introduction: Gait retraining through toeing-in or toeing-out has demonstrated proportional loading effects on the knee adduction moment (KAM), a surrogate measure of knee load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, the evidence is limited by a lack of randomised control trial (RCT) data that directly compares the effects of both foot progression angle (FPA) interventions over six-weeks. The aim of this pilot was to identify which intervention is most effective in reducing early stance peak KAM, late stance peak KAM and KAM impulse over six-weeks.