Lateral wedges and the biomechanical risk for knee osteoarthritis
Obesity is the primary risk factor for the development and progression of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Laterally-wedged insoles reduce many of the biomechanical risk factors for disease development and progression in osteoarthritis patients and lean individuals but it is unknown how effic...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2011
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3445181 |