Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living
Women are more likely to suffer from knee osteoarthritis as compared to men. For men and women, greater peak knee medial joint contact force is associated with greater rates of knee osteoarthritis. However, it is unclear if the increased rates of knee osteoarthritis in women is associated with great...
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| description | Women are more likely to suffer from knee osteoarthritis as compared to men. For men and women, greater peak knee medial joint contact force is associated with greater rates of knee osteoarthritis. However, it is unclear if the increased rates of knee osteoarthritis in women is associated with greater medial joint contact force. We hypothesize that because women experience greater rates of knee osteoarthritis, they would experience greater peak medial joint contact force. Fifty-two healthy, young participants (26 women, 26 men) performed sit-to-stand, stand-to-sit, self-selected speed walking, self-selected speed running, and set speed running trials over force plates while motion capture data was recorded. Medial joint contact force, scaled by bodyweight, was calculated with a reduction modeling approach from inverse dynamics data and ultrasound measured distances. Differences in peak medial joint contact force between men and women were tested with one-tailed unpaired Student’s t-tests with a Bonferroni correction. No significant differences were seen between groups peak medial joint contact force in any of the tested movements. Medial joint contact force may not be able to explain the disparity in knee osteoarthritis rates between men and women. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dc8efd1b5d1b41e6a2ac013b1f6a83482025-07-11T15:05:13ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592025-07-0113e1967710.7717/peerj.19677Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily livingSamantha J. Snyder0Maliheh Fakhar1Jae Kun Shim2Ross H. Miller3Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United StatesDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United StatesDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United StatesDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United StatesWomen are more likely to suffer from knee osteoarthritis as compared to men. For men and women, greater peak knee medial joint contact force is associated with greater rates of knee osteoarthritis. However, it is unclear if the increased rates of knee osteoarthritis in women is associated with greater medial joint contact force. We hypothesize that because women experience greater rates of knee osteoarthritis, they would experience greater peak medial joint contact force. Fifty-two healthy, young participants (26 women, 26 men) performed sit-to-stand, stand-to-sit, self-selected speed walking, self-selected speed running, and set speed running trials over force plates while motion capture data was recorded. Medial joint contact force, scaled by bodyweight, was calculated with a reduction modeling approach from inverse dynamics data and ultrasound measured distances. Differences in peak medial joint contact force between men and women were tested with one-tailed unpaired Student’s t-tests with a Bonferroni correction. No significant differences were seen between groups peak medial joint contact force in any of the tested movements. Medial joint contact force may not be able to explain the disparity in knee osteoarthritis rates between men and women.https://peerj.com/articles/19677.pdfGender differenceOsteoarthritisActivities of daily livingTibiofemoral |
| spellingShingle | Samantha J. Snyder Maliheh Fakhar Jae Kun Shim Ross H. Miller Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living PeerJ Gender difference Osteoarthritis Activities of daily living Tibiofemoral |
| title | Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living |
| title_full | Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living |
| title_fullStr | Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living |
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| title_short | Gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living |
| title_sort | gender differences in peak medial joint contact forces during activities of daily living |
| topic | Gender difference Osteoarthritis Activities of daily living Tibiofemoral |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/19677.pdf |
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