Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hip joint position sense during active or passive hip flexion and adaptive walking performance across obstacles. After screening, 30 young men with the right dominant leg (age, 21 ± 2 years) participated in the experiment. To meas...
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| description | The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hip joint position sense during active or passive hip flexion and adaptive walking performance across obstacles. After screening, 30 young men with the right dominant leg (age, 21 ± 2 years) participated in the experiment. To measure adaptive walking performance on the first day, the participants stepped over an obstacle underfoot with the left leg just high enough to avoid touching the obstacle. The difference between the height of the knee joint at the moment of crossing the obstacle and the height of the obstacle was normalized to the lower limb length and used to evaluate performance. To measure hip joint position sense on the second day, the participants adjusted their left hip joint angle to the target angle (range of joint motion: 80° of hip flexion) by active or passive hip flexion using a dynamometer. Although the absolute error in hip joint position sense during active hip flexion (6.3° ± 4.4°) significantly correlated with that during passive hip flexion (23.2° ± 11.0°) (r = 0.507, P < 0.001), a notable difference was observed between the two (P < 0.001). The normalized knee joint height was significantly correlated with the absolute error of hip joint position sense during active hip flexion (r = 0.477, P < 0.001) but not during passive hip flexion. The results of this study suggest a strong association between hip joint position sense under conditions that closely resemble actual walking behavior and adaptive walking performance, such as crossing over obstacles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-50b96ecd722d4e2fbf6dc11f8146a5472025-08-20T03:11:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sports and Active Living2624-93672025-02-01710.3389/fspor.2025.15104471510447Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexionTaishi Matsui0Kosuke Hirata1Naokazu Miyamoto2Naokazu Miyamoto3Ryota Akagi4Ryota Akagi5Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, JapanInstitute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, JapanFaculty of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai, Chiba, JapanInstitute of Health and Sports Science & Medicine, Juntendo University, Inzai, Chiba, JapanGraduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, JapanCollege of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, JapanThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hip joint position sense during active or passive hip flexion and adaptive walking performance across obstacles. After screening, 30 young men with the right dominant leg (age, 21 ± 2 years) participated in the experiment. To measure adaptive walking performance on the first day, the participants stepped over an obstacle underfoot with the left leg just high enough to avoid touching the obstacle. The difference between the height of the knee joint at the moment of crossing the obstacle and the height of the obstacle was normalized to the lower limb length and used to evaluate performance. To measure hip joint position sense on the second day, the participants adjusted their left hip joint angle to the target angle (range of joint motion: 80° of hip flexion) by active or passive hip flexion using a dynamometer. Although the absolute error in hip joint position sense during active hip flexion (6.3° ± 4.4°) significantly correlated with that during passive hip flexion (23.2° ± 11.0°) (r = 0.507, P < 0.001), a notable difference was observed between the two (P < 0.001). The normalized knee joint height was significantly correlated with the absolute error of hip joint position sense during active hip flexion (r = 0.477, P < 0.001) but not during passive hip flexion. The results of this study suggest a strong association between hip joint position sense under conditions that closely resemble actual walking behavior and adaptive walking performance, such as crossing over obstacles.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2025.1510447/fullcrossing over obstaclesangular velocityerror from the target angleisotonic contractiondynamometer |
| spellingShingle | Taishi Matsui Kosuke Hirata Naokazu Miyamoto Naokazu Miyamoto Ryota Akagi Ryota Akagi Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion Frontiers in Sports and Active Living crossing over obstacles angular velocity error from the target angle isotonic contraction dynamometer |
| title | Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion |
| title_full | Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion |
| title_fullStr | Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion |
| title_short | Adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion |
| title_sort | adaptive walking performance is related to the hip joint position sense during active hip flexion rather than during passive hip flexion |
| topic | crossing over obstacles angular velocity error from the target angle isotonic contraction dynamometer |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2025.1510447/full |
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