The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 466-472 , December 2009

Changes of gait patterns and muscle activity after intraarticular treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A prospective, randomised, doubleblind study

  • Adrian Skwara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6421 5863789; fax: +49 6421 5867007.
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  • Christian Dominik Peterlein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
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  • Carsten Oliver Tibesku

      Affiliations

    • sporthopaedicum Straubing, Bahnhofplatz 8, D-94315 Straubing, Germany
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  • Dieter Rosenbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Movement Analysis Lab, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstr. 3, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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  • Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

Received 26 June 2008 ,Revised 15 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.03.003

The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 466-472 , December 2009

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