BACKGROUND: @entity626 is a prevalent disease. Unloading the affected compartment using a brace is a treatment option. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a decompressive knee brace alters loading in @entity626 following 2 and 8   weeks of use. STUDY DESIGN: Within subjects; pre- and post-testing. METHODS: A total of 15 individuals with @entity626 attended four sessions: baseline, fitting, 2   weeks after fitting (post), and 8   weeks after fitting (final). A gait analysis was performed at baseline (without knee brace), post and final. Knee adduction impulse, first and second peak knee adduction moment, knee motion, and walking velocity were calculated. @entity1 also recorded hours and steps taken while wearing the brace. RESULTS: On average, the brace was worn for more than 6   h/day. Through use of repeated-measures analysis of variance, it was determined that the knee adduction impulse and second peak knee adduction moment were reduced (p   <   0.05) at post and final compared to baseline (36% and 34% reduction in knee adduction impulse, 26% reduction in second peak knee adduction moment for post and final, respectively). Furthermore, @entity1 walked faster with increased knee motion during stance. CONCLUSION: The studied decompressive brace was effective in reducing potentially detrimental forces at the knee-knee adduction impulse and second peak knee adduction moment during the stance phase of gait. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The data from this study suggest that use of a medial unloading brace can reduce potentially detrimental adduction moments at the knee. Clinicians should use this evidence to advocate for use of this noninvasive treatment for @entity1 presenting with @entity626 .

The 2- and 8-week effects of decompressive brace use in XXXX with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Participants', 'people'] @entity626 :: ('MESH:D020370', 'Disease') :: ['Knee osteoarthritis', 'medial knee osteoarthritis']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['people']
