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Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis

Paul YF Lee, Thomas Winfield Orcid Logo, Shaun Harris Orcid Logo, Emerald Storey, Amit Chandratreya

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Start page: e000195

Swansea University Authors: Thomas Winfield Orcid Logo, Shaun Harris Orcid Logo

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AbstractBackground Unloading knee braces can provide good short-term pain relief for some patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (UOA). Their cost is relatively small compared with surgical interventions. However, no previous studies have reported their use over a duration of 5 years or more....

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title Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
spellingShingle Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
Thomas Winfield
Shaun Harris
title_short Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
title_full Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
title_fullStr Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Unloading knee brace is a cost-effective method to bridge and delay surgery in unicompartmental knee arthritis
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description AbstractBackground Unloading knee braces can provide good short-term pain relief for some patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (UOA). Their cost is relatively small compared with surgical interventions. However, no previous studies have reported their use over a duration of 5 years or more.Methods Up to 8 years of prospective data were collected from 63 patients who presented with UOA. After conservative management with analgesia and physiotherapy, patients were offered an unloading brace. EQ-5D (EuroQol five dimensions) questionnaires were collected at baseline and after wearing the brace. Cost and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were compared with a total knee replacement (TKR) with an 8-month waiting duration and 8 years of results.Results Patients experienced a mean increase in EQ-5D of 0.42 with an average duration of wear of 26.1 months resulting in an increase of 0.44 in QALYs with a mean cost of £625. The adoption of an unloader knee brace was found to be a short-term cost-effective treatment option with an 8-month incremental cost effectiveness ratio of £9599. Compared with no treatment, the unloader knee brace can be considered cost effective at 4 months or more. At 8 years follow-up, the unloader knee brace demonstrated QALYs gain of 0.43 and with an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of -£6467 compared with TKR.Conclusion Unloading knee braces are cost effective for the management of UOA. These findings strongly support the undertaking of further research into the long-term impact of unloading knee brace. The unloader knee brace has benefits to the National Health Service for capacity, budget, waiting list duration, frequency of surgery and reducing the required severity of surgical intervention.
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