Bromelain reduces mild acute knee pain and improves well-being in a dose-dependent fashion in an open study of otherwise healthy adults

Phytomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 681-686

  Walker, A F ^b   Bundy, R ^c   Hicks, S M ^c   Middleton, R W ^a  

^a Lichtwer Pharma UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis; Bromelain; Knee pain; Pineapple extract; Well being

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WELLBEING;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 0036972429     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471102321621269     Document Type: Article

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