Comparison of the therapeutic efficacy of TENS versus intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A prospective randomized study

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 342-353

  Paker, Nurdan ^a   Tekdös, Demet ^a   Kesiktas, Nur ^b,c   Soy, Derya ^a  

^a Istanbul 70 Yil Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hylan G F 20; Knee osteoarthritis; TENS; Viscosupplementation

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; HYLAN GF 20;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

EID: 33745032146     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850139     Document Type: Article

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