[Conservative therapy of osteoarthritis. Technical orthopedic fittings].

Technical orthopedic fittings play an important role for conservative treatment to help patients with severe osteoarthritis. For the knees these include braces, orthoses and shoe fittings such as dampers, lengthening of the medial or lateral sole and a large number of walking aids. All these aids are able to decrease pain, improve life quality and are therefore a good treatment option, although the progression of the disease itself cannot be altered.