Bilateral hip stability variation in the functional ambulation and kinetic parameters after total hip arthroplasty during leveled walking.

Objectives: This study determines gender variation, comparing the significance level between men and women related to functional ambulation characteristics after hip arthroplasty. The study focuses on the broader female pelvis and how it affects the rehabilitation regimen following total hip arthroplasty.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 20 cases of right hip arthroplasty were divided into 10 male and 10 female cases, aged 40-65 years.

Effect of Kinesio taping versus mechanical cervical traction combined with physiotherapy program on chronic neck pain in young female university students.

Background: Mechanical neck pain is common among young female university students and can lead to disability and reduced physical activity.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of Kinesio taping (KT) to mechanical cervical traction (MCT) on young female university students with chronic neck pain.

Methods: Sixty young female university students with mechanical neck pain participated in this study; their ages ranged from 19 years to 23 years.

The impact of anthropometric measures on plantar pressure distribution in male handball players and non-athletes: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Increasing body anthropometry brings substantial spinal stress, which influences the spinal curvatures; this in turn may affect the foot plantar pressure distribution.

Objectives: This study investigated the impact of body anthropometry on static plantar pressure distribution and their relationship among handball players and non-athletes subjects.

Methods: Thirty handball players aged from 21 to 26 years, and thirty age-matched non-athletes subjects aged from 21 to 28 years participated in this study.

Three dimensional analysis of ground reaction force during level walking correlates with sacrum displacement.

Objective: We determined the association between sacrum displacement and ground reaction force (GRF) during walking on a level surface and identify the sub-phase of gait cycle most affected by GRF. The kinematic parameters of angular displacement of sacrum bone in three directions were measured and a correlation was derived to integrate the effect of GRF to sacrum displacement. Furthermore, gender variation in the sacrum bone configuration that induces the GRF to shift in one direction was determined.

Whole-Body Vibration Impacts on the Degree of Toe Angle and Its Correlation to the Knee Osteoarthritis Index during Level Walking among Female University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Whole-body vibration (WBV) training is used for ankle rehabilitation as it stimulates muscle spindles to excite tonic vibration reflexes, and improves muscle strength, power, joint proprioception, balance, and flexibility. Thus, this study aims to determine the impact of whole-body vibration on the degree of the toe angle and the correlation between the toe angle and knee osteoarthritis index during level walking among female university students. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 42 participants divided into two groups.

Three dimensional analysis of hip joint reaction force using Q Hip Force (AQHF) software: Implication as a diagnostic tool.

Assessment of hip joint reaction force (JRF) is one of the analytical methods that can enable an understanding of the healthy walking index and the propensity towards disease. In this study, we have designed software, Analysis Q Hip Force (AQHF), to analyze the data retrieved from the mathematical equations for calculating the JRF and ground reaction force (GRF) that act on the hip joint during the early part of the stance phase. The stance phase is considered the least stable sub-phase during walking on level ground, and the gait stability is sequentially minimized during walking on elevated ramps.

Sexual Dimorphism Impact on the Ground Reaction Force Acting on the Mediolateral Direction During Level Walking: Hip Abductor Muscle Biomechanics and Its Correlation to GRF Moment Arm.

The female pelvis morphology represents an evolved compensation between two opposing needs: a broad pelvis enough to deliver a sizeable brained offspring while remaining narrow enough to allow for effective bipedal gait. The precise expectation of hip abductor force generation is critical in anthropological studies and experimental practice of human stride mechanics. Hip implants and surgical procedures for hip anatomy reconstruction are based on the static single-leg stance paradigm.

The efficacy of Theraband versus general active exercise in improving postural kyphosis.

Background: Thoracic kyphotic posture is accompanying increased biomechanical load of the backbone which is possibly problematic.

Objective: The current study aimed to examine the effects of general active exercise versus Theraband exercise on female kyphotic posture.

Methods: An experimental study was conducted at the biomechanical lab.