S. Elkady, Reda Kotb Abd Elrazik, A. Abdelmonem, Mohammed Youssef Elhamrawy, Ahmed Mashaal, Doaa Atef, Sara Mohamed Samir
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Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic condition that results in pain, muscular fatigue, functional instability, and disability. Bracing and taping can be a suitable treatment for knee OA, hence the aim of this study was to compare the effects of a soft knee brace and kinesiotaping (KT) on gait and balance parameters in patients with knee OA
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Advances in Rehabilitation is not only directed to representatives of biological and medical sciences, specialists from almost all fields of medicine, such as cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, traumatology and internal diseases, have been published in it. The journal contains papers concerning psychological, sociological, and occupational rehabilitation, along with articles which deal with organization and marketing. The journal is also dedicated to the ethical problems of rehabilitation. A significant part of the published papers have focused on the problems of sport and physical activity for people with disabilities