Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 906-912

  Bennell, Kim L ^a   Hinman, R S ^a   Metcalf, B R ^a   Buchbinder, R ^b   McConnell, J ^b   McColl, G ^a   Green, S ^c   Crossley, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN IRRITATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19544390896     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.026526     Document Type: Article

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