Walking Aids in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

• •Concurrent medical/arthritic disease that could confound or interfere with evaluation of pain or efficacy. History of knee trauma or surgery, including arthroscopic surgery, in the past six months
• •Severe obesity (weight \> 300lbs)
• •Upper body weakness
• •Injury or amputation of the lower extremity joints
• •History of other types of arthritis
• •Spine, foot, or hip pain of sufficient magnitude to interfere with the evaluation of the index joint.
• •Isolated patellofemoral disease manifested by primarily anterior knee pain in the absence of tibiofemoral radiographic finding.
• •History of significant collateral or anterior cruciate ligament or meniscal injury to the index joint requiring at least one week of non weight bearing (minor ligamentous injury prior to 6 months is not an exclusion).
• •Poor health that would impair compliance or assessment such as shortness of breath with exertion
• •Neurological disease including vestibular dysfunction, or impaired vision
• •Patient has a history of any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose additional risk to the patient.
• •Is unable to understand and complete the study questionnaires including visual analog scale (VAS) responses.
• •Is unable to understand the study procedures.
• •Investigator feels the patient is otherwise inappropriate for the study. The patient is participating in another clinical trial that would interfere with participation in this study
• •Investigator feels the patient is otherwise inappropriate for the study.
• •The patient is participating in another clinical trial that would interfere with participation in this study