Muscle and exercise in the prevention and management of knee osteoarthritis: an internal medicine specialist's guide.
This article outlines the influence of muscle activity on knee-joint loading, describes the deficits in muscle function observed in people with knee osteoarthritis, and summarizes available evidence pertaining to the role of muscle in the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis. The article focuses on whether muscle deficits can be modified in knee osteoarthritis and whether improvements in muscle function lead to improved symptoms and joint structure. This article concludes with a discussion of exercise prescription for muscle rehabilitation in knee osteoarthritis.
Bennell
Kim L
KL
Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Hunt
Michael A
MA
Wrigley
Tim V
TV
Lim
Boon-Whatt
BW
Hinman
Rana S
RS
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000502:physiology