Randomised controlled trial of magnetic bracelets for relieving pain in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7480, 2004, Pages 1450-1454

  Harlow, Tim ^a,e   Greaves, Colin ^b   White, Adrian ^b   Brown, Liz ^b   Hart, Anna ^d   Ernst, Edzard ^b,c  

^a DCH   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Peninsula Medical School ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Hospiscare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXALGIA; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAGNET; MAGNETIC BRACELET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITY OSTEOARTHRITIS LOWER LIMB PAIN SCALE; WOMAC B SCALE; WOMAC C SCALE;

EID: 10844243680     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1450     Document Type: Article

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