Review Article
Biomechanical Effect of Valgus Knee Braces on the Treatment of Medial Gonarthrosis: A Systematic Review
Table 2
The variations of spatiotemporal parameters between braced and unbraced conditions.
| | References | Walking speed | Cadence | Step/stride length | Step width | FPA |
| | Arazpour et al. [26] | 5.60% | 0.00% | 5.66% | — | — | | Brand et al. [27] | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | — | 0.00% | | Croce et al. [28] | 0.00% | — | — | — | — | | Draganich et al. [29] | -6.67% | — | — | — | — | | Fesharaki et al. [30] | 23.53% | — | 15.48% | — | — | | Gaasbeek et al. [31] | 5.83% | — | -1.75% | — | 0.00% | | Hall et al. [21] | 0.00% | — | -2.69% | 0.00% | — | | Johnson et al. [32] | 12.00% | — | — | — | — | | Karimi et al. [33] | -8.43% | 0.00% | 0.00% | — | — | | Kutzner et al. [34] | 0.00% | — | 0.00% | — | — | | Lamberg et al. [35] | 11.11% | — | — | — | — | | Laroche et al. [36] | 7.14% | — | — | 0.00% | 36.76% | | Pollo et al. [37] | 0.00% | — | — | — | — | | Schmalz et al. [38] | 9.00% | 2.80% | 16.90% | — | — | | Toriyama et al. [39] | 4.32% | 4.40% | 0.00% | — | — |
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(-): not mentioned; 0.00%: no statistical differences between braced and unbraced conditions. FPA: foot progression angle.
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