Unloader brace or high tibial osteotomy in the treatment of the young patient with medial knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.

Background and purpose — For medial knee osteoarthritis (OA), operative and nonoperative treatment options are available. Two widely applied unloading therapies are a valgus unloader brace and a high tibial osteotomy (HTO). We aimed to compare the effects of a valgus unloader knee brace with an HTO...

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Published in:Acta Orthopaedica Vol. 96; pp. 102 - 110
Main Authors: STAM, Mark, VERSCHUEREN, Joost, VAN OUTEREN, Mark V., BROUWER, Reinoud W., GAASBEEK, Robert D. A., BLENDEA, Sorin G., VAN ES, Eline M., REIJMAN, Max, BIERMA-ZEINSTRA, Sita M. A.
Format: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: Medical Journals Sweden AB 2025
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