A unique foot-worn device for patients with degenerative meniscal tear.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of the current study was to assess the effects of a new foot-worn device on the gait, physical function and pain in patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis (OA) who had a low-impact injury to the medial meniscus causing a degenerative meniscal tear.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of 34 patients with knee OA and a degenerative medial meniscal tear was performed. Patients underwent a gait evaluation, using an electronic walkway mat, and completed the SF-36 health survey and the WOMAC questionnaire at baseline and after 3 and 12 months of therapy. AposTherapy is a functional, biomechanical, non-invasive rehabilitation therapy consisting of a foot-worn device that is individually calibrated to each patient and is used during activities of daily living.

SUBMITTER: Elbaz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3549235 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature