The effect of bracing on varus gonarthrosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 539-548

  Kirkley, A ^a   Webster Bogaert, S ^a   Litchfield, R ^a   Amendola, A ^a   MacDonald, S ^a,b   McCalden, R ^a,b   Fowler, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPRENE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0032925501     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199904000-00012     Document Type: Article

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