Brace treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee: a prospective randomized multi-centre trial

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 777-783

  Brouwer, R W ^a   van Raaij, T M ^a   Verhaar, J A N ^a   Coene, L N J E M ^b   Bierma Zeinstra, S M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brace; Knee; Malalignment; Osteoarthritis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BRACES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33745589504     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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