A randomised trial of a brace for patellofemoral osteoarthritis targeting knee pain and bone marrow lesions

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1164-1170

  Callaghan, Michael J ^a,b   Parkes, Matthew J ^a,b   Hutchinson, Charles E ^a,c   Gait, Andrew D ^a   Forsythe, Laura M ^a,b   Marjanovic, Elizabeth J ^a   Lunt, Mark ^a,b   Felson, David T ^a,b,d   Kvien, Tore K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Boston University School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT;

EID: 84934948877     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206376     Document Type: Article

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