FORCE MATTERS
Check out examples of How Motusi’s analytics have helped
Physical Therapists provide better data-driven care.
case study 1
Subject: 50-year-old male athlete with chronic left knee pain from a past knee replacement. Years of physical therapy focused on strengthening the left knee did not lead to improvements.
Initial Assessment
The patient performs Motusi’s Lower Body Assessment.
KNEE LOAD ∆ 30%.
GROUND REACTION FORCE ∆ 50%
Results show that they are heavily overloading the left knee and under-loading the right knee.
The physical therapist assumes that the overloading is causing pain. By focusing care and strengthening to the right knee, it would be able to take on more load and alleviate the left knee.
follow-up Assessment
With focused care, the right knee strengthened and took on more load. Pain in the left knee subsided.
KNEE LOAD ∆ 7%.
GROUND REACTION FORCE ∆ 8%
After 10 days, the patient was able to decrease pain medication by 25%.
case study 2
Subject: 50-year-old male marathon runner with left hamstring pain that is impacting their ability to train. Previous therapy focused on treating the hamstring.
Initial Assessment
The patient performs Motusi’s Lower Body Assessment.
LEFT KNEE LOAD 82
∆ 21.95%
Results show that they are heavily overloading the left knee. However, the lumbar loads are balanced.
The physical therapist deduces that by focusing care and strengthening of the left ankle, it would be able to take on more load and alleviate the left knee.
follow-up Assessment
With focused care, the left ankle strengthened and took on more load. The left knee took on less load and pain in the left hamstring subsided.
LEFT KNEE LOAD 54
50% less than the initial assessment
After 3 weeks, the patient was able to return to their training.
case study 3
Subject: 40-year-old female soccer player with right knee pain. Years of physical therapy focused on strengthening the right knee did not lead to improvements.
Initial Assessment
The patient performs Motusi’s Lower Body Assessment.
KNEE LOAD ∆ 82% between the left knee and right knee
Results show that they are heavily overloading the right knee and underloading the right hip. Loading metrics from the left side are much more balanced.
The physical therapist assumes that the overloading in the right knee is causing pain. By focusing care and strengthening to the right hip, it would be able to take on more load and alleviate the knee.
follow-up Assessment
With focused care, the right hip strengthened and took on more load. Pain in the right knee subsided.
KNEE LOAD ∆ 7%.
After 2 weeks, the patient was able to perform their sport with less pain.