The loss of cartilage volume in the inside part of the knee joint is a major cause of disability. Beside other non-pharmacological conservative treatments, knee braces can provide an effective disease-enhancing intervention for improving knee joint function and for reducing pain. Patients with medio-tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis commonly show a varus knee malalignment, which can lead to changes in the internal loadings on the knee joint structures as well as modifications in the gait patterns. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to analyze the effectiveness of an innovative knee brace to reduce the loading of the medial knee compartment as well as to improve pathological gait biomechanics. Furthermore, effects of the knee brace on symptoms such as knee pain and functional impairments will be investigated.

Duration

• 2021 - 2023

Funding

• Bauerfeind AG