The influence of a bespoke unloader knee brace on gait in medial compartment osteoarthritis: A pilot study

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 379-386

  Arazpour, Mokhtar ^a   Hutchins, Stephen W ^b   Bani, Monireh A ^a   Curran, Sarah ^c   Aksenov, Andrey ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Gait parameters; Knee osteoarthritis; Knee unloader orthoses; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE BRACE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; PILOT STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING SPEED; BODY MASS; BRACE; COMPLICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84927731034     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364613504780     Document Type: Article

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