Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee. A randomized, controlled trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Berman, Brian M ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Lee, Wen Lin ^a   Gilpin, Adele M K ^a   Hochberg, Marc C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL HEALTH SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY 36; SIX MINUTE WALK DISTANCE SCORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX PAIN AND FUNCTION SCORE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944413048     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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