Motion Analysis of Patients with Knee Disorders

Abstract

Knee joints control the distance between the body and floor, and regulate upper- and lower-knee movements. Loss of knee joint mobility results in disadvantages of daily life, especially locomotion, and exerts a greater effect on vertical weight shift, compared with other joints. Patients with disorders show characteristic systemic movement, and the disorder is often considered to result from movement caused by sports diseases. It is therefore necessary to examine causes of each disease, and careful attentions should be given to the extent from etiology to prevention. From a viewpoint of motion analysis in physical therapy, visual analysis like joint moment would be required. © 2003, The Society of Physical Therapy Science. All rights reserved.