2018 Volume 18 Pages 103-107
We performed physical therapy for a patient with bilateral knee osteoarthritis and left knee pain when stepping to the right while cooking. When standing, the patient’s right lower limb became shorter due to flexion and the varus position of the right knee joint, resulting in right pelvic depression. When cooking, her left knee was painful because the left lower leg was in external rotation with the knee in the varus position, while right pelvic depression occurred when stepping to the right. Therefore, we considered the pain occurring with stepping to the right was associated with right knee flexion in the varus position, resulting in pelvic depression. With physical therapy for the right knee, the patient's standing posture improved and her left knee pain disappeared, and she became independent for cooking.
