The role of bracing

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Briem, Kristin ^a   Ramsey, Daniel K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

athlete; brace; Knee; middle aged; osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ANALGESIA; ATHLETE; BRACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MENISCECTOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BRACES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84872978788     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e31827562b5     Document Type: Review

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