Combined effects of a valgus knee brace and lateral wedge foot orthotic on the external knee adduction moment in patients with varus gonarthrosis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Moyer, Rebecca F ^a   Birmingham, Trevor B ^a   Dombroski, Colin E ^a   Walsh, Robert F ^a   Leitch, Kristyn M ^a   Jenkyn, Thomas R ^a   Giffin, J Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Braces; Gait; knee; Orthoses; Osteoarthritis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT COMFORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VARUS KNEE;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871622678     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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