Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 871-875 , May 2005

Moderate-Heeled Shoes and Knee Joint Torques Relevant to the Development and Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis

  • D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, MS, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 545 Ray C Hunt Dr, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
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  • Jennifer L. Johansson, MS

      Affiliations

    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Mary G. Bryant, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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  • Jennifer A. Boxer, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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  • Ugo Della Croce, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
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  • Patrick O. Riley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

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 Supported by the Ellison Foundation and by the Public Health Service (grant no. NIH HD01351).No party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(04)01398-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.09.018

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 871-875 , May 2005

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