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Clinical Studies

Knee Joint Proprioception In Chronic Polyarthritis

SS. Sell, J. Zacker, S. Lack, S. Goethe, Tubingen, Germany

Published in Aktuelle Rheumatologie, November 1992

• Knee joint proprioception was examined using an active and passive test on 48 knee joints of 30 patients with chronic polyarthritis reliably diagnosed.
  
• A control group of 40 normal patients was equally examined.
  
• In all the test procedures performed, it was discovered that the knee joints that had experienced change due to inflammation had significantly impaired proprioception.
  
• At all stages of the disease, impaired proprioception contributes to a worsening of the overall situation of the joint.
  
• The Bauerfeind GenuTrain “active knee support” clearly improved proprioception in patients with chronically inflammatory diseases of the joint.
  
• In patients with chronically inflammatory articular diseases, the positive effect of the Bauerfeind GenuTrain “active knee support” was observed both in passive and active measurement results.
  
• By wearing the Bauerfeind GenuTrain, proprioception values improved from 11.9 degrees to 9.1 degrees in passive measurement results (reference diagram 3).
  
• By wearing the Bauerfeind GenuTrain, proprioception values improved from 12.4 degrees to 10.4 degrees in active measurement results (reference diagram 3).