The immediate effect of a soft knee brace on pain, activity limitations, self-reported knee instability, and self-reported knee confidence in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Table 1 Study procedure

Baseline assessment without an SB	Intervention assessment with an SB^a	Rest^b	Baseline assessment without an SB	Intervention assessment with an SB^a
1. 10-m walk test 2. GUG test 3. Level walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI 4. Perturbed walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI	1. Level walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI 2. Perturbed walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI 3. 10-m walk test 4. GUG test		1. 10-m walk test 2. GUG test 3. Level walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI 4. Perturbed walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI	1. Level walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI 2. Perturbed walk A. Pain B. SKI and SCI 3. 10-m walk test 4. GUG test

SB soft brace, SKI self-reported knee instability, GUG get up and go test, SCI self-reported knee confidence
^aTight or non-tight soft brace
^bRest of 30 minutes

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