Kyoto University · Medicine
Professor Hiroshige Tateuchi's research lab specializes in biomechanics and clinical rehabilitation, focusing on gait analysis, joint loading, and postural control in patients with osteoarthritis, particularly of the hip and knee. The lab investigates movement strategies, prognostic factors, and gait modifications that influence disease progression and physical function. Key research directions include the biomechanical mechanisms of hip and knee OA, the role of gait variability and joint alignment in disease severity, and the development of exercise and movement strategies to reduce joint loading and improve mobility. The lab integrates radiographic, clinical, and dynamic gait assessments to inform personalized rehabilitation approaches.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic progressive disease, and thus, prevention of this progression is an important issue. Currently, there is little evidence of the effect of exercise therapy for the prevention of hip and knee OA progression. An understanding of prognostic factors is the basis for the prevention of progression. Previous research indicates that in case of knee OA, abnormalities in knee alignment (varus or valgus) while standing, varus thrust during walking, increased knee flexion in
Patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) have difficulty with mediolateral postural control. Since the symptom of hip OA includes joint pain, which mostly occurs upon initial movement, patients with hip OA might have disabling problems with movement initiation. This study aimed to identify the movement strategy during the anticipatory postural adjustments in the lateral step motion in patients with hip OA. We studied 18 female subjects with unilateral hip OA and 10 healthy subjects, and measured te
In patients with excessive hip adduction and pelvic tilt toward the swing limb during gait, gait modification may contribute to the reduction of hip joint loading.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations of radiographic and clinical variables of hip osteoarthritis (OA) with alterations in gait and joint loading in patients with secondary hip OA. Fifty females with secondary hip OA were participated. The minimum joint space width (mJSW) of the hip as a degenerative sign and Sharp and center edge (CE) angles as morphological variables were measured radiographically. Hip joint pain was assessed using a visual analog scale. As gait variab
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