Acupuncture in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip: A randomized, controlled trial with an additional nonrandomized arm

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3485-3493

  Witt, Claudia M ^a   Jena, Susanne ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Liecker, Bodo ^b   Wegscheider, Karl ^c   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Techniker Krankenkasse   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750953468     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22154     Document Type: Article

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