Aims and background:  The aim of this study was to determine the effects of isolated and combined use of valgus knee braces and lateral wedge foot orthotics on the frequency spectrum of ground reaction forces generated in the knee by the gait of patients with knee osteoarthritis. Materials and methods: 24 males (age: 62.1 ± 2.0 years( with varus knee malalignment and symptomatic medial compart...

    Background & Aim: Knee injury is one of the major problems in sports medicine, and the use of prophylactic knee braces is an attempt to reduce the occurrence or severity of injuries to the knee joint. In addition to providing protection, a prophylactic knee brace should not inhibit normal joint function. The objectives of the present study were to examine the effect of three prophylactic kn...

Introduction: Lack of balance control and falling in the elderly is one of the most important causes of injury and in some cases even causes death. Finding better ways to control posture is scientifically important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using knee braces on postural control of the elderly in both medio -external and anterior-posterior directions duri...

Introduction & Objective: The most frequent site of injury in football is the knee. In this study the value of prophylactic knee braces in reduction of MCL injuries was evaluated. Materials & Methods: In this prospective cohort study we evaluated 11480 athlete-exposure that lasted 30 minutes. After the explanation of study method to coaches and athlete we gave them two kind of study question...