Biomechanical gait features associated with hip osteoarthritis: Towards a better definition of clinical hallmarks

ABSTRACT Critical appraisal of the literature highlights that the discriminative power of gait‐related features in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) has not been fully explored. We aimed to reduce the number of gait‐related features and define the most discriminative ones comparing the three‐dim...

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Published in:Journal of orthopaedic research 2015-10, Vol.33 (10), p.1498-1507
Main Authors: Meyer, Christophe A.G., Corten, Kristoff, Fieuws, Steffen, Deschamps, Kevin, Monari, Davide, Wesseling, Mariska, Simon, Jean-Pierre, Desloovere, Kaat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cross-Sectional Studies
Discriminant Analysis
Female
Gait
hip osteoarthritis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
motion analysis
Osteoarthritis, Hip - diagnosis
Osteoarthritis, Hip - physiopathology
Principal Component Analysis
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Summary:ABSTRACT Critical appraisal of the literature highlights that the discriminative power of gait‐related features in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) has not been fully explored. We aimed to reduce the number of gait‐related features and define the most discriminative ones comparing the three‐dimensional gait analysis of 20 patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) with those of 17 healthy peers. First, principal component analysis was used to reduce the high‐dimensional gait data into a reduced set of interpretable variables for further analysis, including tests for group differences. These differences were indicative for the selection of the top 10 variables to be included into linear discriminant analysis models (LDA). Our findings demonstrated the successful data reduction of hip osteoarthritic‐related gait features with a high discriminatory power. The combination of the top variables into LDA models clearly separated groups, with a maximum misclassification error rate of 19%, estimated by cross‐validation. Decreased hip/knee extension, hip flexion and internal rotation moment were gait features with the highest discriminatory power. This study listed the most clinically relevant gait features characteristics of hip OA. Moreover, it will help clinicians and physiotherapists understand the movement pathomechanics related to hip OA useful in the management and design of rehabilitation intervention. © 2015 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 33:1498–1507, 2015.
ISSN:0736-0266
1554-527X
DOI:10.1002/jor.22924