Braces and orthoses for treating osteoarthritis of the knee

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Duivenvoorden, Tijs ^a   Brouwer, Reinoud W ^b   van Raaij, Tom M ^b   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSTANT STIFFNESS SHOE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LATERALLY WEDGED INSOLE; MEDIALLY WEDGED INSOLE; NEOPRENE SLEEVE; NEUTRAL BRACE; NEUTRAL INSOLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALGUS KNEE BRACE; VARIABLE STIFFNESS SHOE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BRACE; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SHOE;

BRACES; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SHOES;

EID: 84942783172     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004020.pub3     Document Type: Review

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