Development and Functional Testing of an Unloading Concept for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: A Pilot Study

Autor: John Rasmussen, Cristina Ioana Pirscoveanu, Behrokh Eskandari, Michael Skipper Andersen, Anderson Souza Oliveira, Jonas Stensgaard Stoltze, Jari Pallari

Publikováno v: Stoltze, J S, Pallari, J, Eskandari, B, Oliveira, A S, Pirscoveanu, C I, Rasmussen, J & Andersen, M S 2022, ' Development and Functional Testing of an Unloading Concept for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients : A Pilot Study ', Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 144, no. 1, 011007 . https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051847

This paper presents a knee brace design that applies an extension moment to unload the muscles in stance phase during gait, and thereby the knee, as alternative to conventional valgus braces for knee osteoarthritis patients. The concept was tested on

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34286821