Gait Biomechanics and Patient-Reported Function as Predictors of Response to a Hip Strengthening Exercise Intervention in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

ObjectiveMuscle strengthening exercises have been shown to improve pain and function in adults with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis, but individual response rates can vary greatly. Predicting individuals who respond and those who do not is important in developing a more efficient and effective model of care for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to use pre-intervention gait kinematics and patient-reported outcome measures to predict post-intervention response to a 6-week hip strengthening exercise intervention in patients with mild-to-moderate knee OA.MethodsThirty-nine patients with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis completed a 6-week hip-strengthening program and were subgrouped as Non-Responders, Low-Responders, or High-Responders following the intervention based on their change in Knee injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS). Predictors of responder subgroups were retrospectively determined from baseline patient-reported outcome measures and kinematic gait parameters in a discriminant analysis of principal components. A 3–4 year follow-up on 16 of the patients with knee OA was also done to examine long-term changes in these parameters.ResultsA unique combination of patient-reported outcome measures and kinematic factors was able to successfully subgroup patients with knee osteoarthritis with a cross-validated classification accuracy of 85.4%. Lower patient-reported function in daily living (ADL) scores and hip frontal plane kinematics during the loading response were most important in classifying High-Responders from other sub-groups, while a combination of hip, knee, ankle kinematics were used to classify Non-Responders from Low-Responders.ConclusionPatient-reported outcome measures and objective biomechanical gait data can be an effective method of predicting individual treatment success to an exercise intervention. Measuring gait kinematics, along with patient-reported outcome measures in a clinical setting can be useful in helping make evidence-based decisions regarding optimal treatment for patients with knee OA.     

人工单髁置换治疗膝关节骨关节炎的应用进展

人工单髁关节置换在治疗单间室骨关节炎已经有超过30年的历史,尽管早期的报告不尽如人意,但目前是可靠并安全的治疗关节炎的方法。单髁置换术的成功关键在于合适的患者的选择、细致的手术技术和避免对畸形的过度矫正。本文对人工单髁置换手术的发展历史作了简单回顾,然后分别对膝关节内、外侧单髁置换术患者的选择、手术要点、临床疗效、失败原因作一综述,并对其未来研究进行展望。     

针灸治疗膝关节骨性关节炎的临床研究进展

膝关节骨性关节炎是目前临床上最常见的骨性关节炎之一,且发病率逐年增高.但其发病机理至今尚未完全明了,因此对该病并没用一个确切规范的诊疗方法,临床多以缓解症状,控制疾病发展速度为主要目的.目前,有许多报道显示,针灸尤其是以电针为主治疗膝骨性关节炎已经取得了较好的临床疗效.     

全膝关节置换术对膝关节骨关节炎患者关节功能的影响

目的:探讨全膝关节置换术(TKA)对膝关节骨关节炎患者术后关节功能的影响。方法:回顾性分析2013年8月-2015年8月我院收治的76例膝关节骨关节炎患者的临床资料,所有患者均采用全膝关节置换术治疗。观察并比较患者手术前后膝关节HSS评分、膝关节疼痛目测类比评分(VAS)、膝关节屈曲活动度(ROM)的变化情况。结果:患者术后膝关节HSS评分、膝关节疼痛评分VAS及ROM均明显高于术前,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);术前HSS评分、膝关节疼痛VAS评分、膝关节ROM、胫骨平台后倾角(PSA)以及股骨前髁偏距(ACO)与术后膝关节HSS评分呈正相关关系,而内翻畸形角度与术后膝关节HSS评分呈负相关关系,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:全髋关节置换术能够改善骨关节炎患者的膝关节功能,并且术前膝关节HSS评分、膝关节疼痛VAS评分及PSA与术后患者髋关节功能恢复程度有关。     

富血小板血浆注射治疗在膝骨关节炎中的应用进展

富血小板血浆(platelet-rich plasma,PRP)由于富含多种活性生长因子,能够刺激软骨细胞增殖,促进软骨前体细胞增殖、迁移、向软骨细胞分化,促进胶原蛋白合成以及抑制软骨的炎性反应和退变,提供有利于组织修复的内环境,延缓病情进展。近年来PRP注射治疗已成为治疗与骨关节炎(osteoarthritis,OA)相关疾病的新型选择,并且疗效显著。为了进一步提高其效用,PRP注射治疗不仅在关节腔内进行,还可在软骨下骨内进行注射。软骨下骨的病变会加速软骨损耗,故有必要将软骨下骨也当作OA众多发病机制和病理过程的关键因素之一。根据PRP的生物特效以及PRP注射治疗在膝骨关节炎(knee osteoarthritis,KOA)中应用的研究进展进行了综述,同时对软骨下骨内PRP注射治疗KOA的研究进行了展望,以期为KOA的治疗提供更加有效的方法。     

细胞外囊泡在治疗膝骨关节炎中的作用与前景

膝骨关节炎（knee osteoarthritis,KOA）是以关节软骨退变为主要病变的退行性疾病。目前,KOA尚无有效治疗药物。细胞外囊泡（extracellular vesicles,EVs）是由细胞释放的脂质双分子层包绕形成的球状膜性囊泡,可在细胞间传递核酸、蛋白质等生物活性分子。与动物来源EVs相比,植物来源EVs因其来源广泛且经济,在药物载体递送研究领域引起广泛关注。通过基因工程等方法改造EVs进行药物递送,可极大提高药物递送效率及其疗效。本文综述了动、植物两种来源的EVs在KOA中的治疗进展,特别聚焦于工程化EVs作为药物递送载体在KOA治疗中的研发现状,旨在为利用EVs治疗KOA提供参考。     

膝关节骨性关节炎临床实施臭氧治疗的疗效分析

目的:探讨对膝关节骨性关节炎患者采用臭氧治疗的临床效果.方法:收集从我院2010年7月至2012年7月门诊收治的膝关节骨性关节炎患者病例96例,并对收集的病例进行分类.治疗组患者进行刺穿后采取臭氧治疗的方式,有55例;对照组患者采用利多卡因、0.9％氯化钠溶液、曲安奈德混合液的治疗方式,有41例.对两组患者进行2个疗程的治疗后,对治疗前后的WAS及WOMAC进行评分,以比较两组的治疗效果.结果:经过2个疗程的治疗后,治疗组和对照组都取得了明显的效果,治疗组的治愈率为70.90％,总有效率为98.18％;对照组的治愈率为63.41％,总有效率为92.68％.结论:对膝关节骨性关节炎患者实施臭氧治疗方式能够获得良好的近期临床效果.     

膝骨性关节炎关节镜下分级治疗的临床应用

目的:探索膝关节骨性关节炎关节镜下分期及治疗的临床意义及效果。方法:将74例81膝骨性关节炎应用自行设计的关节镜下分级方法分为4级,并分别手术进行术后疗效观察。结果:1级21膝,优良率100%;2级23膝,优良率78.26%;3级25膝,优良率56%;4级12膝,优良率33.33%。结果 Wilcoxon秩检验,T=4.84,P<0.05,差异有显著性。结论:膝骨关节炎关节镜下分级,对于关节镜治疗膝关节骨性关节炎疗效差异显著。有助于手术适应症掌握,规范程序,避免手术盲目性及不必要损伤。     

关节镜手术在膝关节骨性关节炎患者中的综合应用价值

目的:研究关节镜手术在膝关节骨性关节炎患者中的综合应用,为膝关节骨性关节炎的临床治疗提供依据。方法:选取50例单膝关节骨性关节炎患者,行常规关节镜手术,术后注射透明质酸钠并指导患者进行康复训练。在关节镜手术前后对患者进行LKSS评分,评定患者膝关节功能;对患膝的屈肌、伸肌力进行等速测定;在术前及术后2周测定外周血及患膝关节液IL-6、TNF-α、MMP-3表达水平。结果:与术前相比,患者术后LKSS评分及关节活动度均显著提高(P0.05),关节功能得到较好的恢复;患膝伸肌PT、STW及TAE值均得到显著提高(P0.05),屈肌PT、STW及TAE值无统计学意义;患者外周血及关节液中IL-6、TNF-α及MMP-3表达水平均显著降低(P0.05)。结论:采用关节镜手术治疗骨性关节炎可明显降低机体的炎症状态,改善关节的功能,增加患膝的伸肌力。     

The Effects of Varying Ankle Foot Orthosis Stiffness on Gait in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy Who Walk with Excessive Knee Flexion

Introduction

Rigid Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to counteract excessive knee flexion during the stance phase of gait in children with cerebral palsy (CP). While rigid AFOs may normalize knee kinematics and kinetics effectively, it has the disadvantage of impeding push-off power. A spring-like AFO may enhance push-off power, which may come at the cost of reducing the knee flexion less effectively. Optimizing this trade-off between enhancing push-off power and normalizing knee flexion in stance is expected to maximize gait efficiency. This study investigated the effects of varying AFO stiffness on gait biomechanics and efficiency in children with CP who walk with excessive knee flexion in stance. Fifteen children with spastic CP (11 boys, 10±2 years) were prescribed with a ventral shell spring-hinged AFO (vAFO). The hinge was set into a rigid, or spring-like setting, using both a stiff and flexible performance. At baseline (i.e. shoes-only) and for each vAFO, a 3D-gait analysis and 6-minute walk test with breath-gas analysis were performed at comfortable speed. Lower limb joint kinematics and kinetics were calculated. From the 6-minute walk test, walking speed and the net energy cost were determined. A generalized estimation equation (p<0.05) was used to analyze the effects of different conditions. Compared to shoes-only, all vAFOs improved the knee angle and net moment similarly. Ankle power generation and work were preserved only by the spring-like vAFOs. All vAFOs decreased the net energy cost compared to shoes-only, but no differences were found between vAFOs, showing that the effects of spring-like vAFOs to promote push-off power did not lead to greater reductions in walking energy cost. These findings suggest that, in this specific group of children with spastic CP, the vAFO stiffness that maximizes gait efficiency is primarily determined by its effect on knee kinematics and kinetics rather than by its effect on push-off power.

Trial Registration

Dutch Trial Register NTR3418     

间充质干细胞来源外泌体在膝骨关节炎微环境中的作用

骨关节炎是一种涉及所有关节成分（包括关节软骨、软骨下骨、滑膜、韧带、关节囊和关节周围肌肉）的关节退行性疾病，会导致严重的残疾，其中最常见的是膝骨关节炎（knee osteoarthritis，KOA）。外泌体是一种由不同细胞分泌的直径为40~100 nm的胞外囊泡，可以传递DNA、微小RNA、mRNA、蛋白质等多种物质，并通过多种方式进行细胞间的信息传递和功能调节。间充质干细胞（mesenchymal stem cells，MSCs）可以从骨髓、脂肪、滑膜及外周血等组织分离，是一类具有多向分化潜能的祖细胞，以干细胞为基础的疗法可以修复软骨损伤，对抗KOA的发展，间充质干细胞能够分泌多种营养因子来调节受损的微环境，其中间充质干细胞来源的外泌体被认为在KOA炎症反应及软骨细胞代谢中发挥着重要的作用，其能够调节膝骨关节微环境中B细胞、T细胞、滑膜细胞、软骨细胞代谢及其细胞外基质的分解与合成平衡，维持软骨稳态。近期有多项研究表明，不同组织来源的间充质干细胞外泌体对骨关节炎均有明确的治疗作用，本文就MSCs来源的外泌体治疗KOA的具体机制进行综述，以期对干细胞治疗KOA提供理论依据。     

氧化应激反应与膝关节骨性关节炎的相关性探究

目的:了解膝关节骨性关节炎患者机体的氧化应激状态,探讨氧化应激反应与膝关节骨性关节炎发生、发展的关系。方法:收集膝关节骨性关节炎患者及健康人群的血清,采用分光光度法测定和比较其SOD、GSH-Px、MDA水平。结果:与健康对照人群相比,膝关节骨性关节炎患者体内SOD、GSH-Px酶类抗氧化剂活力显著增强(P0.05);MDA脂质过氧化损伤产物明显降低(P0.05)。结论:膝关节骨性关节炎患者体内氧化还原状态发生了改变,可能处于抗氧化应激的慢性代偿状态;氧化应激反应参与了骨性关节炎的发生、发展过程。     

Moxibustion Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Multi-Centre,Non-Blinded,Randomised Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness and Safety of the Moxibustion Treatment versus Usual Care in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

Introduction

This study tested the effectiveness of moxibustion on pain and function in chronic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and evaluated safety.

Methods

A multi-centre, non-blinded, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial compared moxibustion with usual care (UC) in KOA. 212 South Korean patients aged 40–70 were recruited from 2011–12, stratified by mild (Kellgren/Lawrence scale grades 0/1) and moderate-severe KOA (grades 2/3/4), and randomly allocated to moxibustion or UC for four weeks. Moxibustion involved burning mugwort devices over acupuncture and Ashi points in affected knee(s). UC was allowed. Korean Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Questionnaire (K-WOMAC), Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36v2), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), physical performance test, pain numeric rating scale (NRS) and adverse events were evaluated at 5 and 13 weeks. K-WOMAC global score at 5 weeks was the primary outcome.

Results

102 patients (73 mild, 29 moderate-severe) were allocated to moxibustion, 110 (77 mild, 33 moderate-severe) to UC. K-WOMAC global score (moxibustion 25.42+/−SD 19.26, UC 33.60+/−17.91, p<0.01, effect size  = 0.0477), NRS (moxibustion 44.77+/−22.73, UC 56.23+/−17.71, p<0.01, effect size  = 0.0073) and timed-stand test (moxibustion 24.79+/−9.76, UC 25.24+/−8.84, p = 0.0486, effect size  = 0.0021) were improved by moxibustion at 5 weeks. The primary outcome improved for mild but not moderate-severe KOA. At 13 weeks, moxibustion significantly improved the K-WOMAC global score and NRS. Moxibustion improved SF-36 physical component summary (p = 0.0299), bodily pain (p = 0.0003), physical functioning (p = 0.0025) and social functioning (p = 0.0418) at 5 weeks, with no difference in mental component summary at 5 and 13 weeks. BDI showed no difference (p = 0.34) at 5 weeks. After 1158 moxibustion treatments, 121 adverse events included first (n = 6) and second degree (n = 113) burns, pruritus and fatigue (n = 2).

Conclusions

Moxibustion may improve pain, function and quality of life in KOA patients, but adverse events are common. Limitations included no sham control or blinding.

Trial Registration

Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) KCT0000130     

Studies in Osteoarthritis of the Hip: Part IV, * Biomechanics and clinical considerations

Present knowledge of hip biomechanics supports the contention that the stresses imposed on the hip on the side of the longer leg are greater than normal; those on the short side are comparably reduced. Indirect measurements by various authors have demonstrated greater stress on the hip if the pelvis is adducted, a persistent and chronic condition of the hip joint on the side of a long leg. Furthermore the pressure on the acetabulum will be displaced laterally in these circumstances. The consistent pattern of degeneration in unilateral superolateral O A hip is what would be expected if the consequences of leg-length disparity were as described. Leg-length inequality may be a major contributing factor in the development of unilateral degenerative disease of the hip of this type.A clinical method of estimating leg-length disparity is described. Clinical findings in patients support the hypothesis that hip stress is increased on the side of a longer leg.     

人膝骨关节炎软骨下骨OPN的表达及其意义

目的：通过检测人膝骨关节炎裸露软骨下骨中OPN的表达,探讨OPN在OA发病及病情进展中的意义。方法：选取接受膝关节置换手术的膝关节骨关节炎患者软骨下骨标本50例,采用综合评分法对OA患者进行严重程度分级,分为轻、中、重度三组,取正常膝关节软骨下骨（股骨髁关节面）10例作为正常软骨下骨对照;对标本进行免疫组织化学染色,用SPSS17．0统计软件包分析各组间OPN表达的差异及OA患者OPN表达与综合评分、K-L分期的相关性。结果：人膝骨关节炎裸露软骨下骨OPN表达明显高于正常软骨下骨组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0．01）;OPN在轻、中、重度膝骨关节炎裸露软骨下骨的表达差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05）;膝骨关节炎裸露软骨下骨OPN的表达与骨关节炎的综合评分、K—L分期呈正相关。结论：OA患者膝关节软骨下骨OPN表达与疾病严重程度呈正相关,提示OPN在骨关节炎发病及病情进展中可能起作用。     

盐酸氨基葡萄糖联合塞来昔布对膝关节骨性关节炎的临床疗效观察

目的:观察盐酸氨基葡萄糖联合塞来昔布治疗膝关节骨性关节炎的效果及对不同程度关节炎Lequesne评分的影响,为关节炎的临床治疗提供参考。方法:选取2012年6月至2014年3月我院收治的膝关节骨性关节炎患者60例,根据治疗方法不同,将所选患者分为观察组和对照组,每组30例。对照组患者给予盐酸氨基葡萄糖单药治疗,观察组患者给予盐酸氨基葡萄糖和塞来昔布联合治疗。观察两种治疗方案的不良反应发生率,比较两组患者治疗前后的Lequesne评分。结果:对照组患者不良反应的发生率为26.67%,观察组为23.33%,差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。两组患者治疗后的Lequesne评分均低于治疗前,且观察组患者Lequesne评分显著低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。观察组不同程度膝关节骨性关节炎患者的Lequesne评分均显著低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:盐酸氨基葡萄糖联合塞来昔布治疗膝关节骨性关节炎具有良好的临床效果,应进一步推广应用。     

降钙素治疗膝骨关节炎的疗效观察

目的:观察和评价应用密盖息治疗膝骨关节炎的疗效.方法:40例女性病人,年龄50-75岁,平均年龄65岁,均经过临床X线检查确诊,应用密盖息四周后,对疼痛缓解时间、功能恢复情况进行疗效评估,并经一年门诊随访,总结其疗效.结果:随访1年后,统计达到优20例,良17例,无效3例,总有效率80%以上.结论:密盖息对膝骨关节炎治疗达到止痛、控制和预防膝骨关节内翻、外翻畸形,在临床治疗提高疗效起到巨大的作用.