Effectiveness of an elastic knee sleeve for patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized single-blinded controlled trial

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 535-542

  Pajareya, Kingkaew ^a   Chadchavalpanichaya, Navaporn ^a   Timdang, Suteerat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Elastic Knee Sleeve; Knee Osteoarthritis; Randomized Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDUCATION; ELASTIC KNEE SLEEVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042431972     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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