Severity of knee pain does not predict a better response to an antiinflammatory dose of ibuprofen than to analgesic therapy in patients with osteoarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1073-1076

  Bradley, J D ^a   Katz, B P ^a   Brandt, K D ^a  

^a Wishard West Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035004944     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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