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Effectiveness of a long-term use of a minimalist footwear versus habitual shoe on pain, function and mechanical loads in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown an important reduction of joint overload during locomotion in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis (OA) after short-term use of minimalist shoes. Our aim is to investigate the chronic effect of inexpensive and minimalist footwear on the clinical and functional...

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Autores principales: Trombini-Souza, Francis, Fuller, Ricardo, Matias, Alessandra, Yokota, Mariane, Butugan, Marco, Goldenstein-Schainberg, Claudia, Sacco, Isabel C N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22788574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-121