The effect of valgus bracing on the knee adduction moment during gait and running in male subjects with varus alignment

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Fantini Pagani, Cynthia H ^a   Potthast, Wolfgang ^a   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adduction moment; Knee orthosis; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

INVERSE DYNAMICS; JOINT LOADING; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; MECHANICAL LOADS; ORTHOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING-IN; STRAIN GAUGE;

GAGES;

ALIGNMENT;

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADULT; BRACES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE;

EID: 71649114153     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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