The clinical efficacy of low-power laser therapy on pain and function in cervical osteoarthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-184

  Ozdemir F ^a   Birtane, M ^a   Kokino, S ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical osteoarthritis; Low power laser therapy

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LASER SURGERY; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0034949424     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670170061     Document Type: Article

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