Glucosamine administration in athletes: Effects on recovery of acute knee injury

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-124

  Ostojic, S M ^a   Arsic, M ^b   Prodanovic, S ^c   Vukovic, J ^a   Zlatanovic, M ^d  

^a Sports Academy   (Yugoslavia)

^b Student's Hospital

^c Center for Sports Medicine

^d Medical Center

Author keywords

Flexibility; Osteoarthritis; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SWELLING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PLACEBOS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPORTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 34250790093     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620701405248     Document Type: Article

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