Load-shifting brace treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee: A minimum 2 1/2-year follow-up study

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-193

  Giori, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brace; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRACE DURABILITY; ELASTOMETRIC LINERS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2642583932     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2004.02.0187     Document Type: Review

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