Long-term results of an unloader brace in patients with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Becky ^a   Rankin, Heather ^a   Barnes, C Lowry ^a  

^a Hip/Knee Arkansas Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051754397     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110627-07     Document Type: Article

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