Effect of neuromuscular training on gait parameters in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that primarily affects elderly people and predominantly affects medial tibiofemoral compartment, causing pain, function loss, and a decreased quality of life. During walking, forces across the knee joint are not transmitted equally between the medial and lateral compartments. Damage to the medial side of the knee joint and increased mechanical strain increased knee varus posture which is linked to additional loading of the medial compartment, which results in osteoarthritis of the medial knee. Studies on the kinetics and kinematics of gait in patients with medial knee OA have revealed altered gait patterns. Gait parameters that tend to decrease in knee OA include walking velocity, stride length, and cadence. The purpose of this research is to study about the effect of 6 weeks neuromuscular training on various gait parameters in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

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