Does transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation improve the physical performance of people with knee osteoarthritis?

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 295-299

  Law, Pearl P W ^a   Cheing, Gladys L Y ^b   Tsui, Amy Y Y ^c  

^a Physiotherapy Department   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Knee osteoarthritis; OA; Pain; TENS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 10044266424     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000147047.77460.b0     Document Type: Article

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