Assistive devices of human knee joint: A review

L Zhang, G Liu, B Han, Z Wang, H Li, Y Jiao - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Knee dysfunction, such as knee osteoarthritis, meniscus injury, ligament injury, spinal cord
injury and stroke, considerably impacts the normal living ability and mental health of these …

An update on unloading knee braces in the treatment of unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis from the last 10 years: a literature review

DA Mistry, A Chandratreya, PYF Lee - The Surgery Journal, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Background The incidence of osteoarthritis is increasing and it is one of the most common
causes of chronic conditions. Total knee replacement is the mainstay of treatment for end …

Combining valgus knee brace and lateral foot wedges reduces external forces and moments in osteoarthritis patients

AA Jafarnezhadgero, AS Oliveira, SH Mousavi… - Gait & posture, 2018 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis progression can be related to the external knee adduction and flexion
moments during walking. Lateral foot wedges and knee braces have been used as …

Effectiveness of valgus offloading knee braces in the treatment of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review

C Gohal, A Shanmugaraj, P Tate, NS Horner… - Sports …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: Knee osteoarthritis affects 9.3 million adults over age 45 years in the United States.
There is significant disability associated with this condition. Given the potential …

Effects of foot orthoses on the biomechanics of the lower extremities in adults with and without musculoskeletal disorders during functional tasks: A systematic review

G Moisan, K Robb, C Mainville, V Blanchette - Clinical Biomechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Foot orthoses are among the most commonly used external supports to treat
musculoskeletal disorders. It remains unclear how they change the biomechanics of the …

Estimation of knee assistive moment in a gait cycle using knee angle and knee angular velocity through machine learning and artificial stiffness control strategy …

K Pornpipatsakul, N Ajavakom - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, many people around the world cannot walk perfectly because of their knee
problems. A knee-assistive device is one option to support walking for those with low or not …

Knee braces and foot orthoses multimodal 3‐month treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis in a randomised crossover trial

X Robert‐Lachaine, Y Dessery… - Knee Surgery …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Immediate biomechanical and functional benefits of knee braces and lateral wedge
foot orthoses (FO) are often reported on patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. However …

Degenerative meniscal tears and high tibial osteotomy: Do current treatment algorithms need to be realigned?

CA Primeau, TB Birmingham… - Clinics in Sports …, 2019 - sportsmed.theclinics.com
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic joint disease, affecting all joint tissues
and structures by the time the disease is well established. Degenerative meniscal tears …

Knee braces and foot orthoses multimodal treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis

X Robert-Lachaine, Y Dessery, ÉL Belzile, P Corbeil - Gait & Posture, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Knee braces and lateral wedge foot orthoses are two treatment options
recommended for medial knee osteoarthritis, but the combination of both of them could …

[HTML][HTML] Offloader knee braces for knee osteoarthritis

F Moller, L Ortíz-Muñoz, S Irarrázaval - Medwave, 2021 - viejo.medwave.cl
Offloader knee braces for knee osteoarthritis - Medwave Living FRIendly Summaries of the Body
of Evidence using Epistemonikos (FRISBEE) Medwave 2021;21(01):e8114 doi …