RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE TREATMENT OF FEMORO-PATELLAR OSTEOARTHRITIS USING BRACING.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the effect of a brace designed to stabilize the patellofemoral joint to that of a patella-shaped neoprene sleeve with patella cut out in patients with patellofemoral osteoarthritis.

Methods

Fifty-seven patients with femoro-patellar osteoarthritis were allocated to two groups: patients with femoro-patellar functional brace and those with a neoprene knee with a patellar orifice. Both groups underwent clinical treatment of osteoarthritis and used medications daily 1 month before and up to 3 months after brace placement. They were evaluated with the WOMAC and Lequesne questionnaires and performed five times sit to stand test, Timed Up and Go test, and six minutes walk test immediately before and 1 and 3 months after brace placement.

Results

Both group

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6442709 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature