Changes in knee adduction moment, pain, and functionality with a variable-stiffness walking shoe after 6 months

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 873-879

  Erhart, Jennifer C ^a,b   Mündermann, Annegret ^b,c   Elspas, Barbara ^a   Giori, Nicholas J ^a,d   Andriacchi, Thomas P ^a,b,d  

^a Bone and Joint Center   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee adduction moment; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Variable stiffness shoes; Walking gait

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADDUCTION MOMENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953203928     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21077     Document Type: Article

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