The effectiveness of self-adjustable custom and off-the-shelf bracing in the treatment of varus gonarthrosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2645-2652

  Draganich, Louis ^a   Reider, Bruce ^a   Rimington, Todd ^b   Piotrowski, Gary ^a   Mallik, Krishna ^c   Nasson, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FORCE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

EID: 33845408051     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02787     Document Type: Article

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