The effect of balneotherapy on osteoarthritis. Is an intermittent regimen effective?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-96

  Tishler, Moshe ^a,b   Rosenberg, Oskar ^a   Levy, Ofer ^a,b   Elias, Iris ^a   Amit Vazina, Mirit ^a,b  

^a Asaf Harofe Medical Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Intermittent treatment; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542442495     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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