Can pain influence the proprioception and the motor behavior in subjects with mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Valdeci Carlos Dionisio²  Vanessa Martins Pereira Silva¹  Monnique Ponciano Cabral¹  Franciele Dias da Costa¹  Saulo Delfino Barboza³  Daniela C Silveira de Oliveira³ 

[1] Physical Therapy Course, Faculty of Physical Education, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;Mailing Address: Rua Benjamin Constant, 1286, Aparecida, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;Master Program in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

关键词: Electromyography;    Proprioception;    Pain;    WOMAC;    Knee osteoarthritis;   

Others  :  1122031
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-15-321

 received in 2014-07-08, accepted in 2014-09-25,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease, usually characterized by pain, which is associated with reduced muscle strength, disability and progressive loss of function. However, the pain influence over proprioception and motor behaviour remains unclear. Thus, the purpose of the study was to identify the levels of pain, the proprioceptive acuity and the pattern of muscle recruitment during stair ascent and descent in elderly patients with mild and moderate osteoarthritis (OA) compared to healthy subjects.

Methods

The study participants included 11 healthy elderly subjects (7 women and 4 men) and 31 elderly patients with knee OA (19 women and 12 men). The functional capacity was assessed by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis index; the pain was evaluated by Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale (WBS) and pressure pain threshold (PPT); the proprioceptive acuity was based on the joint position sense evaluated by electrogoniometer; and the electromyographic (EMG) activity of the major muscles of the lower limb were evaluated during a task of stair ascent and descent of 15 cm. For statistical analysis it was used Statistic for Windows software (StatSoft Inc., version 5.0). Data from the WOMAC index, WBS, the proprioceptive acuity and IEMG (for each muscle in each phase) were analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test and data from PPT was used Kruskal-Wallis test.

Results

Higher scores were found in the WOMAC index and WBS whereas lower scores were seen in PPT in patients with knee OA compared to healthy subjects. In contrast, there were no significant differences in the proprioceptive acuity and EMG results of most muscles analyzed between the groups.

Conclusion

The presence of pain does not influence the proprioception and the motor behavior of the thigh muscles during stair ascent and descent in subjects with mild and moderate knee OA.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 de Oliveira et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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