Thus, this study aimed to systematically review the effect of using this brace on pain and activity levels in the last 20 years in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.įive databases were searched to find articles from the year 2000 to the end of November 2020: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. Nevertheless, comprehensive overview of the effects of using this brace on self-reported pain activity level over time is not available. The Knee valgus brace is one of the accepted conservative interventions for patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis to correct the knee varus and increase functional activity level. A Western-made unloading knee brace is acceptable in some Asian people with knee OA. The effect of brace fitting in patients with knee OA was similar to that of physical therapy. Within-group comparison found that pain VAS and WOMAC decreased significantly at one months and three months in both groups. Time and group interaction revealed significant differences only in general health (P =. 006) and social functioning in SF-36 (P =. Group comparison showed no significant difference regarding pain VAS, WOMAC, SF-36, and patient's satisfaction, except stiffness in WOMAC (P =.

The patients were evaluated at baseline, and at one month and three months. The primary outcome measures were the pain visual analogue scale (VAS) and the Western Ontario McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) the second outcome measures were the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and patient's satisfaction. Patients in the brace group were fitted with an unloading knee brace for three months and the PT group received a 60-min session of physiotherapy over the affected knee, three times a week, for three months. Patients with medial compartment knee OA (n = 41) were assigned to either the brace group (n = 20) or PT group (n = 21). This is a non-random, two-group comparative study. To compare the effect of unloading knee brace with physical therapy (PT) in Asian patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.

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