Viscosupplementation: Treatment alternative for osteoarthritis of the knee

Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Cefalu, Charles A ^a   Waddell, David S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033400598     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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