A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial of a topical cream containing glucosamine sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, and camphor for osteoarthritis of the knee

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Cohen, Marc ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^b   Mai, Trudy ^b   Lewis, Daniel ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chondroitin; Glucosamine; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Shark cartilage

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GALLSTONE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULCER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTIPRURITICS; CAMPHOR; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBOS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 0037333917     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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