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Objective measurement of
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knee and age matched
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Data from 50 osteoarthritic patients
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van der Linden ML, Rowe PJ, Gaston PG,
Nutton RW (2005) Objective measure of daily activity in patients with knee OA
and age matched controls. The 14th annual European Society of Movement
Analysis for Adults and Children (ESMAC) meeting, 22-24 september 2005,
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In comparison with healthy controls,
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significantly more time
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significantly less time standing
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significantly less time stepping,
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and took significantly less steps,
p<0.02 |
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