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Effects of laterally wedged insoles on knee and subtalar joint moments.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
July 2005
Department of Rehabilitation for Movement Functions, Research Institute of National Rehabiltaion Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Objective: To assess the biomechanic effects of wearing a lateral wedge on the knee joint varus moment during gait in elders with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Design: Crossover design whereby subjects walked under 2 different insole conditions: a 0 degrees control wedge and a 6 degrees lateral wedge.
Setting: A gait laboratory with 3-dimensional motion analysis and force platform equipment.