A comparison of knee braces during walking for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the medial compartment of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 937-939

  Richards, J D ^a   Sanchez Ballester, J ^b   Jones, R K ^c   Darke, N ^c   Livingstone, B N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 22144478636     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B7.16005     Document Type: Article

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