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  • Knee Extension and Flexion Weakness in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: Is Antagonist Cocontraction a Factor?

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    Heiden, Tamika L
    Lloyd, David G
    Ackland, Timothy R
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    Lloyd, David
    Year published
    2009
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    STUDY DESIGN: Controlled laboratory study, cross-sectional data. OBJECTIVES: To investigate isometric knee flexion and extension strength, failure of voluntary muscle activation, and antagonist cocontraction of subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA) compared with age-matched asymptomatic control subjects. BACKGROUND: Quadriceps weakness is a common impairment in individuals with knee OA. Disuse atrophy, failure of voluntary muscle activation, and antagonist muscle cocontraction are thought to be possible mechanisms underlying this weakness; but antagonist cocontraction has not been examined during testing requiring maximum ...
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    STUDY DESIGN: Controlled laboratory study, cross-sectional data. OBJECTIVES: To investigate isometric knee flexion and extension strength, failure of voluntary muscle activation, and antagonist cocontraction of subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA) compared with age-matched asymptomatic control subjects. BACKGROUND: Quadriceps weakness is a common impairment in individuals with knee OA. Disuse atrophy, failure of voluntary muscle activation, and antagonist muscle cocontraction are thought to be possible mechanisms underlying this weakness; but antagonist cocontraction has not been examined during testing requiring maximum voluntary isometric contraction. METHODS: Fifty-four subjects with knee OA (mean ᠓D age, 65.6 ᠷ.6 years) and 27 similarly aged control subjects (age, 64.2 ᠵ.1 years) were recruited for this study. Isometric knee flexion and extension strength were measured, and electromyographic data were recorded, from 7 muscles crossing the knee and used to calculate cocontraction ratios during maximal effort knee flexion and extension trials. The burst superimposition technique was used to measure failure of voluntary activation. RESULTS: Knee extension strength of subjects with knee OA (mean ᠓D, 115.9 ᠶ.7 Nm) was significantly lower than for those in the control group (152.3 ᠹ.6 Nm). No significant between-group difference was found for failure of voluntary muscle activation, or the cocontraction ratios during maximum effort knee flexion or extension. CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate that the reduction in isometric extension strength, measured with a 90ࠫnee flexion angle, in subjects with knee OA is not associated with increased antagonist cocontraction.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
    Volume
    39
    Issue
    11
    Publisher URI
    http://www.jospt.org/issues/articleID.2366,type.2/article_detail.asp
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Reproduced with permission of the Orthopaedic Section and the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Rheumatology and Arthritis
    Biomechanics
    Clinical Sciences
    Human Movement and Sports Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40315
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