Sports Medicine
Sling Is Not Inferior to Brace Immobilization After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Arthroscopy. 2025 01-Jul;():. 10.1016/j.arthro.2024.12.023

Shoulder & Elbow
Abduction Neutral-Rotation Brace vs Sling After Rotator Cuff Repair
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2025 01-Jul;():. 10.1007/s00590-025-04428-9

Hand & Wrist
Removable Wrist Brace Equals Cast After Volar-Plate Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures
J Orthop Surg Res. 2025 01-Jul;():. 10.1186/s13018-025-06097-0

Foot & Ankle
Use of Cast Immobilization Versus Removable Brace in Adults With an Ankle Fracture
Bone Joint J. 2023 01-Mar;():. 10.1302/0301-620X.105B4.BJJ-2022-0602.R3

Sports Medicine
Brace-Free Rehabilitation After Isolated ACLR With Hamstring Tendon Autograft

Trauma
OTA 2023: Functional Brace vs Surgical Fixation for Humeral Shaft Fracture

Shoulder & Elbow
Sling vs. Abduction Brace Shoulder Immobilization After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Orthop J Sports Med. 2023 01-Aug;():. 10.1177/23259671231185368

Shoulder & Elbow
Brace Versus Sling for Rockwood Type III Acromioclavicular Joint Separation
JSES Int. 2023 01-Jul;():. 10.1016/j.jseint.2023.02.017

Trauma
Hinged Knee Brace Following Operative Tibial Plateau Fractures
J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 15-Mar;():. 10.5435/JAAOS-D-16-00021

Foot & Ankle
Functional brace improves early function and is more cost-effective than casting in Achilles rupture
The Lancet. 2020 ;():. 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32942-3

General Orthopaedics
Post-operative rotator cuff repair immobilization: 3 weeks in a sling vs. 6 weeks in a brace
Arthroscopy. 2018 Oct;34(10):2765-2774

Physical Therapy & Rehab
No significant effect of compartment-unloading knee brace or wedge insole for partial meniscectomy
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Mar;27(3):814-821.

Physical Therapy & Rehab
AAOS2019: Comparing mid- to long-term outcome of counterforce vs. placebo brace for tennis elbow

Osteoarthritis
Patient-reported pain and function over 52 weeks between unloader brace vs. placebo for knee OA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Sep 22;19(1):341. doi: 10.1186/s12891-018-2256-7

Osteoarthritis
Comparing immediate effect of a neoprene brace with vs without patellar hole for knee osteoarthritis
Eval Health Prof. 2018 Dec;41(4):512-523. doi: 10.1177/0163278717714307

Sports Medicine
SICOT2018: Outcomes of revision ACL reconstruction with and without augmentation with internal brace

Foot & Ankle
Functional brace versus cast immobilization of stable type B ankle fractures
Injury. 2018 Aug;49(8):1607-1611. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2018.06.009

Physical Therapy & Rehab
No difference in pain or function between abduction brace and sling after rotator cuff repair
Arthroscopy. 2017 Sep;33(9):1618-1626

Physical Therapy & Rehab
ISAKOS2017: Neither unloader brace nor insoles have significant effect on outcome after meniscectomy

Foot & Ankle
Improved gait symmetry with stirrup brace/walker boot vs. Tubigrip after ankle fracture
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Mar;46(3):157-67