The effect of valgus braces on medial compartment load of the knee joint – in vivo load measurements in three subjects - Kutzner, Ines; Küther, Steffen; Heinlein, Bernd; Dymke, Jörn; Bender, Alwina; Halder, Andreas M.; Bergmann, Georg (Journal of biomechanics, 2011)
Keywords: Aged; Biocompatibility; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomedical materials; Braces; Calibration; Compartments; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Diseases of the osteoarticular system. Orthopedic treatment; Equipment Design; Forces; Humans; Knee; Knee joint; Knee Joint - physiology; Knee Joint - physiopathology; Knees; Load; Loads (forces); Male; Medial load; Medical sciences; Metal oxide semiconductors; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - physiopathology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - rehabilitation; Pain; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Strain gauges; Stress, Mechanical; Studies; Surgical implants; Telemetry - methods; Tibia - physiology; Transplants & implants; Valgus; Walking; Weight-Bearing; Knee joint; Medial load; Braces; Forces; Valgus; Human; Knee; Orthosis; Orthopedic treatment; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Joint; Osteoarticular system; Biomechanics; In vivo; Treatment; Mechanical stress; Arthropathy; Adult; Degenerative disease; Contact pressure; Osteoarthritis; Biomedical engineering