Comparison of the efficacy of laterally wedged insoles and bespoke unloader knee orthoses in treating medial compartment knee osteoarthritis

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Arazpour, Mokhtar ^a   Bani, Monireh Ahmadi ^a   Maleki, Maryam ^a   Ghomshe, Farhad Tabatabai ^a   Kashani, Reza Vahab ^a   Hutchins, Stephen W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservative treatment; Knee osteoarthritis; knee unloader orthosis; lateral wedge insole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE UNLOADER ORTHOSIS; LATERAL WEDGE INSOLE; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84874607633     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364612447094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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