Contralateral cane use and knee joint load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis: The effect of varying body weight support

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1330-1337

  Simic, M ^a   Bennell, K L ^a   Hunt, M A ^b   Wrigley, T V ^a   Hinman, R S ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adduction moment; Cane; Knee; Load; Osteoarthritis; Walking stick

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WALKING AID;

AGED; CANES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80053633601     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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