ReviewSurgery journal (New York, N.Y.)2018
An Update on Unloading Knee Braces in the Treatment of Unicompartmental Knee Osteoarthritis from the Last 10 Years: A Literature Review.
Review in Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Valgus knee bracing may have no long-term effect on pain improvement and functional activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Pooled it
- The effectiveness of the UniReliever offloading knee brace for treating medial knee osteoarthritis: A randomized clinical trial.Prosthetics and orthotics international · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness and user experiences of a valgus brace in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A mixed-method randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2025Trial
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- Ultrasound therapy inhibits knee osteoarthritis progression in rabbits by activating the PPARs pathway: a pilot study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Breaking Down Osteoarthritis: Exploring Inflammatory and Mechanical Signaling Pathways.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- RETRACTED: Enhanced wound recovery after surgery care in patients with total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2024Review
- An up to date on clinical prospects and management of osteoarthritis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Safety of Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis and Its Effect on Postoperative Pain and Quality of Life of Patients.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2021Article
- Proximal fibular osteotomy alleviates medial compartment knee osteoarthritis in a mouse model.International orthopaedics · 2020Article
- Biomechanical Study of a Tricompartmental Unloader Brace for Patellofemoral or Multicompartment Knee Osteoarthritis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Effect of Germanium-Embedded Knee Sleeve on Osteoarthritis of the Knee.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Mechanobiological Mechanisms of Load-Induced Osteoarthritis in the Mouse Knee.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2019Article
- Methods for evaluating effects of unloader knee braces on joint health: a review.Biomedical engineering letters · 2019Review
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