A unique foot-worn device for patients with degenerative meniscal tear.

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy : Official Journal of the ESSKA
Avi ElbazRonen Debi

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to assess the effects of a new foot-worn device on the gait, physical function and pain in patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis (OA) who had a low-impact injury to the medial meniscus causing a degenerative meniscal tear. A retrospective analysis of 34 patients with knee OA and a degenerative medial meniscal tear was performed. Patients underwent a gait evaluation, using an electronic walkway mat, and completed the SF-36 health survey and the WOMAC questionnaire at baseline and after 3 and 12 months of therapy. AposTherapy is a functional, biomechanical, non-invasive rehabilitation therapy consisting of a foot-worn device that is individually calibrated to each patient and is used during activities of daily living. Repeated-measures analyses were performed to compare gait parameters and self-evaluation questionnaires between baseline, and 3 and 12 months. Significant improvements were found in gait velocity, step length and single-limb support of the involved knee following 12 weeks of therapy (all p < 0.01), alongside an improvement in limb symmetry. These results were maintained at the 12-month follow-up examination. Significant improvements were also found in all three domains of t...Continue Reading

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May 20, 2015·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·Yair BarzilayAvi Elbaz
Nov 19, 2014·World Journal of Orthopedics·Richard HowellJames Tom
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Nov 16, 2016·Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research·Ehud AtounAvi Elbaz

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