title: Knee bracing.
abstract: Bracing the knee is a controversial, complex, and often confusing subject. Knee braces are categorized as either prophylactic, rehabilitative, or functional. Bracing goals are to prevent, assist, restrict, align, or simulate function of the knee. A working knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of specific braces in these different categories is required of the physician to properly prescribe these orthotics.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Podesta
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D001915:Braces; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000628:therapy; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D010329:Patella