Acupuncture vs Streitberger needle in knee osteoarthritis - An RCT

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Vas, Jorge ^a,c   Méndez, Camila ^b,c   Perea Milla, Emilio ^b,c  

^a Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^c Research Cooperative Network   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Placebo; Quality of life; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33847747771     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.24.suppl.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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