TENS, electroacupuncture and ice massage: Comparison of treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 133-440

  Yurtkuran, Merih ^a,b   Kocagil, Tuncer ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ataturk Rehabilitation Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Gate control theory of pain; Ice massage; Knee pain; Osteoarthritis; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033368692     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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