Join the UNC School of Medicine Thurston Arthritis Research Center for a UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) Speaker Series seminar featuring Brian Pietrosimone, PhD, ATC. Pietrosimone is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Director of MOTION Science Institute.
Optimal movement is paramount to maintaining joint health. The development and progression of osteoarthritis has been linked, in part, to altered mechanical joint loading. Traumatic knee injuries are known to lead to changes in walking gait that may alter knee tissue loading and accelerate the development of osteoarthritis. This presentation will specifically describe: i) the aberrant gait biomechanics that we have measured following anterior cruciate ligament injury; ii) the links between these aberrant gait biomechanics and deleterious knee tissue changes related to osteoarthritis development; and iii) some emerging ideas for mitigating aberrant gait biomechanics following anterior cruciate ligament injury.