The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 210-216 , June 2010

Dynamic alignment and its association with knee adduction moment in medial knee osteoarthritis

  • Nasim Foroughi

      Affiliations

    • Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia. Tel.: +61 433 663 590; fax: +61 2 9351 9204.
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  • Richard M. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Angela K. Lange

      Affiliations

    • Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Michael K. Baker

      Affiliations

    • Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Maria A. Fiatarone Singh

      Affiliations

    • Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Hebrew SeniorLife and Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Centre on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Benedicte Vanwanseele

      Affiliations

    • Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Received 22 June 2009 ,Revised 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 26 September 2009.

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PII: S0968-0160(09)00173-2

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.09.006

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 210-216 , June 2010

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