Research Project: Living with Knee Pain?
This study will implement a non-invasive programme that alters your walking pattern to reduce knee loading and pain. Researchers aim to reduce your knee loading by modifying your step patterns (such as foot angle, step width and step length) while walking on a treadmill. The study will be run for seven continuous weeks. Each session will last for around one hour (first and last sessions may be longer), for a total of seven to nine sessions. It is hoped that as knee loading decreases, you will also experience a decrease in pain, which has been demonstrated in previous research studies. Additionally, the results of this study will provide guidelines for future knee rehabilitation programs and potentially develop a portable gait retraining device for people with knee osteoarthritis.
The researchers are looking to recruit people who are diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and are between 45 and 69 years of age. More detailed inclusion criteria will be screened by the researchers at your initial contact.
By identifying your optimal walking pattern, we believe there will be physical benefits such as pain reduction, reduced osteoarthritis progression, and improved quality of life.
This study is being conducted by University of Bath. There is no obligation to take part in this research. If you are interested in receiving more information, please contact:
Miss Yi Wan (PhD Candidate) – yw2984@bath.ac.uk
The researchers will then send you more detailed information and can arrange a meeting to provide further information, as well as answer any questions.
