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Clinical Trial
. 1999;23(3):164-7.
doi: 10.1007/s002640050337.

Change of bone mineral density with valgus knee bracing

Y Katsuragawa  1 , N Fukui, K Nakamura
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Clinical Trial

Change of bone mineral density with valgus knee bracing

Y Katsuragawa et al. Int Orthop. 1999.

Abstract
in English, French

We assessed the clinical knee score and bone mineral density of the proximal tibia in an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of valgus knee bracing. The knee score improved after 3 months, and increases in bone mineral density were seen more in the lateral tibial condyle than in the medial. These results suggest that the brace acts by transferring the forces across the knee joint from the medial to the lateral side.

Pour apprécier l’efficacité d’une genouillère valgisante du genou, nous avons étudié le score clinique et la densité osseuse du tibia proximal. Après 3 mois de traitement, le score clinique est significativement amélioré de même que la densité osseuse et ceci plus au niveau du plateau tibial externe que du plateau tibial interne. Ces résultats confirment que la genouillère réduit les contraintes en compression du compartiment fémoro-tibial interne en déplaçant les forces vers le compartiment externe.

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