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For a brief overview of knee anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics, please click here.
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Note: If you are looking for Michael Frind's detailed evaluations of functional knee bracing, please check the Interim Archive.
For good insight into the biomechanical consequences of chronic ACL deficiency, in particular with regards to the resulting greatly increased stresses on the knee's lateral structures and accelerated medial-compartment degeneration (and how devices such as special shoe inserts can be helpful here), see the November 2003 article The Effect of Wedged Insoles on the Lateral Thrust of Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Insufficient Knees, by Yoshimura et al., in the The Degenerate Knee: Arthritis Subsection.
For insight into the various treatment options for unicompartmental osteoarthritis (including OA bracing), please see the July 2003 article Unicompartmental Arthritis of the Knee (Current Concepts Review), by Iorio et al., in the Bearing-Surface Replacement (including Unicompartmental Arthroplasty) Subsection.
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