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Effect of retro and forward walking on quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, and mobility in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2016
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Title
Effect of retro and forward walking on quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, and mobility in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12891-016-1021-z
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Ahmad Alghadir, Shahnawaz Anwer

Abstract

Walking, a closed kinetic chain (CKC) activity, is widely used in knee rehabilitation as it allows early weight bearing and movement. It has been suggested that retro-walking may provide additional benefits beyond those experienced by forward-walking. The present study will investigate the effect of retro- and forward-walking on quadriceps muscle strength, pain, function, balance and mobility in knee Osteoarthritis (OA) subjects. Sixty-nine participants with knee OA will be recruited from the outpatient department in this randomized controlled trial. The participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups; retro walking, forward walking or control group. The training program will be 3 days/week for 6 weeks. In addition, all the participants will receive a standard physiotherapy training program. An independent assessor blinded to group assignment will measure quadriceps muscle strength, knee pain intensity, functional disability, and mobility at baseline and 6 weeks after training. The results of this study will enhance our understanding on the therapeutic effects of walking (retro- or forward-walking) in knee OA. The findings from this study will help determine whether retro- or forward-walking or both are effective in the rehabilitation of subjects with knee OA. Controlled Trials ISRCTN12850845 , Registered 26 January 2015.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 218 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 34 16%
Student > Bachelor 28 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 7%
Researcher 11 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 5%
Other 25 11%
Unknown 96 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 39 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 37 17%
Sports and Recreations 18 8%
Engineering 5 2%
Unspecified 3 1%
Other 18 8%
Unknown 99 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2022.
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#2,674,345
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#526
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#14
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