Leech therapy for symptomatic treatment of knee osteoarthritis: Results and implications of a pilot study

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 84-88

  Michalsen, Andreas ^a   Moebus, Susanne ^a   Spahn, Günther ^a   Esch, Tobias ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Dobos, Gustav J ^a  

^a KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEECH; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEECHES; LEECHING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036714099     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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