Medial knee osteoarthritis treated by insoles or braces a randomized trial

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1926-1932

  Van Raaij, Tom M ^a,b   Reijman, Max ^a   Brouwer, Reinoud W ^b   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARUS KNEE; BONE MALFORMATION; CONVALESCENCE; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE MALALIGNMENT; BRACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953968433     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1274-z     Document Type: Article

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