A comparison of the biomechanical effects of valgus knee braces and lateral wedged insoles in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-372

  Jones, Richard K ^a   Nester, Christopher J ^a   Richards, Jim D ^b   Kim, Winston Y ^c   Johnson, David S ^d   Jari, Sanjiv ^c   Laxton, Philip ^a   Tyson, Sarah F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee adduction moment; Knee braces; Knee osteoarthritis; Lateral wedge insoles

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LATERAL WEDGED INSOLE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS AND ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALGUS KNEE BRACE; VARUS KNEE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875378835     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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