Valgus bracing for knee osteoarthritis: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 493-501

  Moyer, Rebecca F ^a   Birmingham, Trevor B ^a   Bryant, Dianne M ^a   Giffin, J Robert ^a   Marriott, Kendal A ^a   Leitch, Kristyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; KNEE BRACE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDIZED MEAN DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALGUS KNEE; BRACE; KNEE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

BRACES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925440683     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22472     Document Type: Article

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