Realignment treatment for medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis: Randomised trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1658-1665

  Hunter, David ^a,b   Gross, K D ^c,d   McCree, Paula ^b   Li, Ling ^b   Hirko, Kelly ^b   Harvey, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TIBIOFEMORAL OSTEOARTHRITIS; MOTION; MULTI MODAL REALIGNMENT TREATMENT; OSTEOPHYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOE; TREATMENT DURATION; VALGUS KNEE; WESTERN ONTARIO MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

BRACES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; TIBIA;

EID: 84866097620     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200728     Document Type: Article

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