Lateral wedges decrease biomechanical risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in obese women

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2286-2291

  Russell, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Hamill, Joseph ^b  

^a Andrews Paulos Research and Education Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Kinetics; Knee osteoarthritis; Lateral wedge insoles; Obese

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DEVELOPMENT; DORSIFLEXIONS; GAIT; GAIT PARAMETERS; JOINT ANGLE; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LATERAL WEDGE INSOLES; LEAN CONTROL; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT; OBESE; RANGE OF MOTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANGULAR IMPULSE OF EXTERNAL KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; ANKLE; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION; ANKLE EVERSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LATERAL WEDGE INSOLE; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; PEAK JOINT ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK REDUCTION; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE JOINT; OBESITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 79960723886     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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