Clinical Study

The Effect of Hip Bracing on Gait in Patients with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 1

Peak kinematic data: brace versus no brace (mean ± standard deviation) (degrees).

VariableNo braceBrace value

Peak hip flexion angle35.7° (9.8)35.3° (10.8)0.43
Peak hip ER angle8.1° (11.6)9.4° (15.0)0.56
Peak knee flexion angle31.6° (9.5)30.2° (12.0)0.46
Peak knee abduction angle3.8° (3.4)3.6° (3.4)0.44
Peak toe out angle−0.9° (10.8)−1.7° (12.2)0.22