Review Article
Biomechanical Effect of Valgus Knee Braces on the Treatment of Medial Gonarthrosis: A Systematic Review
Table 4
The maximum change of KAM between braced and unbraced condition.
| | References | First peak of KAM | Second peak of KAM | Mean KAM | KFM |
| | Arazpour et al. [26] | — | — | 3.63% | — | | Brand et al. [27] | 18.55% | 17.00% | — | — | | Brandon et al. [22] | — | — | 0.00% | — | | Croce et al. [28] | — | — | 24.39% | — | | Draganich et al. [29] | — | — | 6.90% | — | | Ebert et al. [46] | — | — | 0.00% | — | | Fantini et al. [47] | 0.00% | 33.89% | — | — | | Fantini et al. [48] | 0.00% | 16.66% | — | — | | Fesharaki et al. [24] | 10.83% | 9.80% | — | — | | Gaasbeek et al. [31] | 11.52% | 14.63% | — | — | | Hall et al. [21] | — | — | 10.71% | 10.96% | | Johnson et al. [32] | — | — | 48.00% | — | | Lamberg et al. [35] | 15.87% | 25.00% | — | — | | Laroche et al. [36] | 26.10% | 21.92% | — | — | | Pollo et al. [37] | — | — | 7.59% | — | | Self et al. [54] | 11.82% | 0.00% | 25.00% | — | | Toriyama et al. [39] | 11.10% | 0.00% | — | 142.90% |
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(-): not mentioned; 0.00%: no statistical differences between braced and unbraced conditions; KAM: knee adduction moment; KFM: knee flexion moment.
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