Effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in people aged over 55 presenting to primary care: Pragmatic randomised trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7576, 2006, Pages 995-998

  Hay, Elaine M ^a   Foster, Nadine E ^a   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Peat, George ^a   Phelan, Mike ^a   Yates, Hannah E ^a   Blenkinsopp, Alison ^a   Sim, Julius ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ENGLAND; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750937253     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38977.590752.0B     Document Type: Article

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