Short-term effects of a dedicated knee orthosis on knee adduction moment, pain, and function in patients with osteoarthritis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1936-1941

  Fantini Pagani, Cynthia H ^a   Bhle, Caroline ^a   Potthast, Wolfgang ^a   Brggemann, Gert Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Knee; Orthotic devices; Osteoarthritis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649749910     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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