Do Laterally Wedged Insoles or Valgus Braces Unload the Medial Compartment of the Knee in Patients With Osteoarthritis?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 265-274

  Duivenvoorden, Tijs ^a   van Raaij, Tom M ^b   Horemans, Herwin L D ^a   Brouwer, Reinoud W ^b   Bos, P Koen ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Reijman, Max ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE BRACE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; VALGUS KNEE BRACE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEDGED INSOLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT ORTHOSIS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; GAIT; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84921936987     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3947-5     Document Type: Article

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