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Concurrent validity of two-dimensional video analysis of lower-extremity frontal plane of movement during multidirectional single-leg landing (2019)
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Alahmari, A., Herrington, L., & Jones, R. (2020). Concurrent validity of two-dimensional video analysis of lower-extremity frontal plane of movement during multidirectional single-leg landing. Physical Therapy in Sport, 42, 40-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.12.009

Objectives: Establish the concurrent validity between 2D video analysis and 3D motion analysis of frontal plane lower limb movements during multidirectional landing tasks. Design: Correlation study Setting: University Biomechanics laboratory... Read More about Concurrent validity of two-dimensional video analysis of lower-extremity frontal plane of movement during multidirectional single-leg landing.

The use of the gait profile score and gait variable score in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (2019)
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Angélica de Souza, M., Cezarani, A., Aparecida da Silva Lizzi, E., Barroso de Queiroz Davoli, G., Márcia Mattiello, S., Jones, R., & Cláudia Mattiello-Sverzut, A. (2020). The use of the gait profile score and gait variable score in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Journal of Biomechanics, 98, 109485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109485

Therapeutic gait interventions for individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) should be based on understanding how movement of the individual is affected and whether different clusters of individuals, determined by clinical severity, differ.... Read More about The use of the gait profile score and gait variable score in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running (2019)
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Reeves, J., Jones, R., Liu, A., Bent, L., Plater, E., & Nester, C. (2019). A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 43(6), 576-596. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364619870666

Background: External devices are used to manage musculoskeletal pathologies by altering loading of the foot, which could result in altered muscle activity that could have therapeutic benefits. Objectives: To establish if evidence exists that f... Read More about A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running.

Trunk flexion during walking in people with knee osteoarthritis (2019)
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Preece, S., Preece, A., & Jones, R. (2019). Trunk flexion during walking in people with knee osteoarthritis. Gait & Posture, 72, 202-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.06.012

BACKGROUND: Over 50% of the body's mass is concentrated within the head, arms and trunk. Thus, small deviations in the orientation of the trunk, during normal walking, could influence the position of the centre of mass relative to the lower limb joi... Read More about Trunk flexion during walking in people with knee osteoarthritis.

Influence of the Powers™ strap on pain and lower limb biomechanics in individuals with patellofemoral pain (2019)
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Greuel, H., Herrington, L., Liu, A., & Jones, R. (2019). Influence of the Powers™ strap on pain and lower limb biomechanics in individuals with patellofemoral pain. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 26(6), 1210-1219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2019.03.005

Background: Abnormal biomechanics, especially hip internal rotation and adduction are known to be associated with patellofemoral pain (PFP). The PowersTM strap was designed to decrease hip internal rotation and to thereby stabilise the patellofemoral... Read More about Influence of the Powers™ strap on pain and lower limb biomechanics in individuals with patellofemoral pain.

Patients with medial knee osteoarthritis reduce medial knee contact forces by altering trunk kinematics, progression speed, and stepping strategy during stair ascent and descent : a pilot study (2019)
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Meireles, S., Reeves, N., Jones, R., Smith, C., Thelen, D., & Jonkers, I. (2019). Patients with medial knee osteoarthritis reduce medial knee contact forces by altering trunk kinematics, progression speed, and stepping strategy during stair ascent and descent : a pilot study. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 35(4), 280-289. https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2017-0159

Medial knee loading during stair negotiation in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis, has only been reported in terms of joint moments, which may underestimate the knee loading. This study assessed knee contact forces (KCF) and contact pressur... Read More about Patients with medial knee osteoarthritis reduce medial knee contact forces by altering trunk kinematics, progression speed, and stepping strategy during stair ascent and descent : a pilot study.

The role of hip abductor strength on the frontal plane of gait in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis (2019)
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Selistre, L., Gonçalves, G., Nakagawa, T., Petrella, M., Jones, R., & Mattiello, S. (2019). The role of hip abductor strength on the frontal plane of gait in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis. Physiotherapy Research International, 24(4), e1779. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1779

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship of hip abductor strength with external hip and knee adduction moments, pain and physical function, and trunk, pelvis, and hip kinematics in the frontal plane during walking in subjects with... Read More about The role of hip abductor strength on the frontal plane of gait in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis.

The effect on conventional gait model kinematics and kinetics of hip joint centre equations in adult healthy gait (2019)
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Leboeuf, F., Reay, J., Jones, R., & Sangeux, M. (2019). The effect on conventional gait model kinematics and kinetics of hip joint centre equations in adult healthy gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 87(Apr 19), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.02.010

The Conventional Gait Model (CGM) needs to benefit from large investigations on localization of the hip joint centre (HJC). Incorrect positions from the native equations were demonstrated (Sangeux et al., 2014; Harrington et al., 2007). More accurate... Read More about The effect on conventional gait model kinematics and kinetics of hip joint centre equations in adult healthy gait.

How does acute pain influence biomechanics and quadriceps function in individuals with patellofemoral pain? (2019)
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Greuel, H., Herrington, L., Liu, A., & Jones, R. (2019). How does acute pain influence biomechanics and quadriceps function in individuals with patellofemoral pain?. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 26(2), 330-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2018.12.008

Objectives: Beside pathophysiological factors, pain is believed to play a crucial role in the progression of patellofemoral pain (PFP). However, the isolated effect of pain on biomechanics and quadriceps function has not been investigated in PFP. T... Read More about How does acute pain influence biomechanics and quadriceps function in individuals with patellofemoral pain?.

The between-day reliability of peroneus longus EMG during walking (2019)
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Reeves, J., Jones, R., Liu, A., Bent, L., & Nester, C. (2019). The between-day reliability of peroneus longus EMG during walking. Journal of Biomechanics, 86(Mar 19), 243-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.01.037

The peroneus longus (PL) is a rearfoot evertor, important in frontal plane foot motion. Studying PL function has been limited by previous electromyography (EMG) studies reporting poor between-day reliability. Due to its close proximity to adjacent mu... Read More about The between-day reliability of peroneus longus EMG during walking.

The conventional gait model, an open-source implementation that reproduces the past but prepares for the future (2019)
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Leboeuf, F., Baker, R., Barré, A., Reay, J., Jones, R., & Sangeux, M. (2019). The conventional gait model, an open-source implementation that reproduces the past but prepares for the future. Gait & Posture, 69(Mar 19), 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.01.034

Background: The Conventional Gait Model (CGM), known by a variety of different names, is widely used in clinical gait analysis. We present pyCGM2, an open-source implementation of the CGM with two versions. The first, CGM1.0, is a clone of Vicon Plug... Read More about The conventional gait model, an open-source implementation that reproduces the past but prepares for the future.

A systematic review of the discriminating biomechanical parameters during the single leg squat (2019)
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Warner, M., Wilson, D., Herrington, L., Dixon, S., Power, C., Jones, R., …Lewis, C. (2019). A systematic review of the discriminating biomechanical parameters during the single leg squat. Physical Therapy in Sport, 36(Mar 19), 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.01.007

Objective: To determine whether there are common biomechanical parameters when analysing the single leg squat movement to compare pathological and non-pathological groups and whether these parameters are able to effectively distinguish between groups... Read More about A systematic review of the discriminating biomechanical parameters during the single leg squat.

The value of tibial mounted inertial measurement units to quantify running kinetics in elite football (soccer) players. A reliability and agreement study using a research orientated and a clinically orientated system (2019)
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Hughes, T., Jones, R., Starbuck, C., Sergeant, J., & Callaghan, M. (2019). The value of tibial mounted inertial measurement units to quantify running kinetics in elite football (soccer) players. A reliability and agreement study using a research orientated and a clinically orientated system. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 44(Feb 19), 156-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2019.01.001

In elite football, measurement of running kinetics with inertial measurement units (IMUs) may be useful as a component of periodic health examination (PHE). This study determined the reliability of, and agreement between a research orientated IMU and... Read More about The value of tibial mounted inertial measurement units to quantify running kinetics in elite football (soccer) players. A reliability and agreement study using a research orientated and a clinically orientated system.

The efficacy of a lateral wedge insole for painful medial knee osteoarthritis after prescreening : a randomized clinical trial (2019)
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Felson, D., Parkes, M., Carter, S., Liu, A., Callaghan, M., Hodgson, R., …Jones, R. (2019). The efficacy of a lateral wedge insole for painful medial knee osteoarthritis after prescreening : a randomized clinical trial. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 71(6), 908-915. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40808

OBJECTIVE: Lateral wedge shoe insoles decrease medial knee loading, but trials have shown no effect on pain in medial knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, insoles' loading effects are inconsistent, and they can increase patellofemoral loading. We hyp... Read More about The efficacy of a lateral wedge insole for painful medial knee osteoarthritis after prescreening : a randomized clinical trial.