Unloader knee braces for osteoarthritis: Do patients actually wear them?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1982-1991

  Squyer, Emily ^a   Stamper, Daniel L ^a   Hamilton, Deven T ^a   Sabin, Janice A ^a   Leopold, Seth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879323585     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2814-0     Document Type: Article

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