Table 1 A summary of the biomechanical effect of interventions presented in the literature
Intervention | Author | Subject | Reductions in 1stPeak of EKAM |
|---|---|---|---|
High Tibial Osteotomy (surgical intervention) | Bhatnagar et. al [36] | 30 HTO patients | 58% (No significant difference between 6 and 12 months post-HTO) |
Birmingham et. al [37] | 126 patients with knee OA | 46% | |
Weidenhielm et. al [38] | 9 patients after high tibial valgus osteotomy | 64% | |
Laterally Wedged Insoles (Footwear intervention) | Shimada et. al [32] | 23 patients with medial knee OA | 4.4% |
Kerrigan et. al [33] | 15 patients with clinical and radiographic OA | 6% (in 5° wedge) | |
8% (in 10° wedge) | |||
Crenshaw et. al [34] | 15 normal healthy subjects | 7% | |
Variable Stiffness Shoe (Footwear intervention) | Jenkyn et. al [35] | 32 subjects with medial compartment knee OA | 6.6% |
Erhart et. al [31] | 1 subject with total knee replacement | 13.3% |