Low-Intensity Resistance Exercise Based on Myofascial Chains Alters the Lower-Limb Tension and Improves Health Status in Female Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis.
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Abstract
Background: Low-intensity resistance exercise therapy (LIRET) based on myofascial chains, applied to both affected and nonlocal joints, is an effective method for knee osteoarthritis (OA) rehabilitation. This study applied LIRET in a comparison of prevalues and postvalues of lower-limb tension in female patients with knee OA and asymptomatic participants.
Methods: Twenty-four female participants with knee OA and 20 asymptomatic women took part in a 3-month long application of LIRET. Participants' ankle passive torque and ankle range of motion in the sagittal plane were assessed with an isokinetic dynamometer. The collected values were used to estimate the sagittal-plane lower-limb tension.
Results: Compared with the asymptomatic group, participants with knee OA presented decreased maximum ankle dorsiflexion (P < .001), decreased ankle plantar flexion range (P = .023), ankle resting position more inclined to dorsiflexion (P = .017), increased ankle dorsiflexion stiffness (P = .005), and lower ankle plantar flexion stiffness (P = .034). After exercise intervention, the knee OA group self-reported less knee pain (P < .001), improved physical function (P < .001), increased maximum dorsiflexion (P = .021), and increased plantar flexion range (P < .001). While plantar flexion stiffness increased (P = .037), dorsiflexion stiffness decreased (P = .015) and ankle resting position moved toward dorsiflexion (P = .002). Results suggest possible decreased anterior leg tension and possible increased posterior leg tension in patients with knee OA.
Conclusions: The results supported that knee OA patients present imbalanced myofascial tension of lower limbs. LIRET based on myofascial chains appears to decrease pain, and stiffness, and improve physical function of patients with knee OA and change their lower-limb tension.
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