Design and Evaluation of a New Type of Knee Orthosis to Align the Mediolateral Angle of the Knee Joint with Osteoarthritis

Table 1

The values (mean ± SD) of the gait parameters during walking with and without knee orthosis.

	Parameter	Flexion angle (knee)	Adduction angle (knee)	Flex/Ext angle (hip)	^¹Force 1 (N)	^²Force 2 (N)	^³Moment (Nm)
Subject 1	Without orthosis	64.86±5.7	21.43±2.65	43.6±2.07	560.9±29	51.4±12.5	78.56±32.43
	With orthosis	54.35±1.02	15.39±0.41	44.2±0.96	573±36	43.06±12.1	54.1±12
	𝑃-value	0.004	0.001	0.056	0.56	0.031	0.52
Subject 2	Without orthosis	66.52±5.6	5.06±1.6	41.6±3.2	642.5±12	46.2±4.2	87.36±36.7
	With orthosis	60.66±1.87	4.5±0.37	40.6±2.6	688±17	40.45±3.4	66.5±25.6
	𝑃 value	0.049	0.11	0.5	0.001	0.044	0.525

¹Vertical force.
²Mediolateral force.
³Mediolateral (adductor) moment.