Method for treating the human knee

Details Method for treating the human knee Method for treating the human knee

1997-11-05

1999-09-07

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage

Orthopedic bandage

With light, thermal, or electrical application

602 26, 607 48, A61F 500, A61N 118

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059479132

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for treating the human knee having a patella and musculature including vastus medialis obliquus (VMO), rectus femoris (RF), and vastus lateralis obliquus (VLO) muscles. A patella tracking medial force is applied to the patella, the medial force tracking vertical and horizontal movements of the patella. A current of selected wave shape, amplitude, duration and frequency is applied to the vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) muscle so as to stimulate the VMO muscle and thereby tend to correct the reuslting vector force of the VMO, VLO, and RF muscles on the patella. Preferably the current is applied transcutaneously.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5487759 (1996-01-01), Bastyr et al.
patent: 5613943 (1997-03-01), Palumbo
Smith and Newphew, Donjoy Products Catalog, pp. 25-29, 1994.

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