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Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee with Bracing: A Scoping Review

Knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability around the world. Knee bracing provides a conservative management option for symptom relief. A variety of different bracing types, manufacturers and products are currently available on the market. The goal of this study is to examine the current s...

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Autores principales: Phillips, Steven, Li, Chuan Silvia, Phillips, Mark, Bischoff, Markus, Ali, Pervez, Chahal, Jas, Snider, Matthew, Bhandari, Mohit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433297
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2016.6256
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author Phillips, Steven
Li, Chuan Silvia
Phillips, Mark
Bischoff, Markus
Ali, Pervez
Chahal, Jas
Snider, Matthew
Bhandari, Mohit
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Phillips, Mark
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description Knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability around the world. Knee bracing provides a conservative management option for symptom relief. A variety of different bracing types, manufacturers and products are currently available on the market. The goal of this study is to examine the current state of the literature regarding the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with unloader bracing, specifically examining the representation of specific brace types, manufacturers and models within the literature. A scoping review technique was used because of its ability to evaluate research activity within an area of study and identify gaps within the literature. A thorough search of the MEDLINE database was conducted for articles where a knee brace model was identified, and we identified characteristics of the studies to evaluate important information about the body of literature related to knee bracing for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Fifty eligible studies were identified. The majority of studies have been published in the United States, and a large increase in the number of publications in this field was seen between 2010-2014. The most prominent study type was prospective comparative studies (44%), however there is a lack of randomized controlled trials (6%) within the literature. The most prominent hinge type within the literature is the dual hinge push brace, followed by the single hinge pull. While a large increase in the number of studies evaluating the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with bracing has occurred in the past 5 years, there is a lack of high quality studies evaluating the efficacy of the technique, as well as a lack of studies comparing bracing types and models.
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spelling pubmed-49338152016-07-18 Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee with Bracing: A Scoping Review Phillips, Steven Li, Chuan Silvia Phillips, Mark Bischoff, Markus Ali, Pervez Chahal, Jas Snider, Matthew Bhandari, Mohit Orthop Rev (Pavia) Review Knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability around the world. Knee bracing provides a conservative management option for symptom relief. A variety of different bracing types, manufacturers and products are currently available on the market. The goal of this study is to examine the current state of the literature regarding the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with unloader bracing, specifically examining the representation of specific brace types, manufacturers and models within the literature. A scoping review technique was used because of its ability to evaluate research activity within an area of study and identify gaps within the literature. A thorough search of the MEDLINE database was conducted for articles where a knee brace model was identified, and we identified characteristics of the studies to evaluate important information about the body of literature related to knee bracing for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Fifty eligible studies were identified. The majority of studies have been published in the United States, and a large increase in the number of publications in this field was seen between 2010-2014. The most prominent study type was prospective comparative studies (44%), however there is a lack of randomized controlled trials (6%) within the literature. The most prominent hinge type within the literature is the dual hinge push brace, followed by the single hinge pull. While a large increase in the number of studies evaluating the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with bracing has occurred in the past 5 years, there is a lack of high quality studies evaluating the efficacy of the technique, as well as a lack of studies comparing bracing types and models. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4933815/ /pubmed/27433297 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2016.6256 Text en ©Copyright S. Phillips et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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