Unloading joints to treat osteoarthritis, including joint distraction

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-525

  Lafeber, Floris P J G ^a   Intema, Femke ^a   Van Roermund, Peter M ^a   Marijnissen, Anne C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bracing; Footwear; Joint distraction; Osteoarthritis; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; AUTOLOGOUS CULTURE EXPANDED BONE MARROW DERIVED MESENCHYMAL CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT DISTRACTION; KNEE PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MESENCHYME CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SHOE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; JOINTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33746873332     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000240366.54960.a1     Document Type: Review

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