Efficacy of Arnica montana D4 for healing of wounds after Hallux valgus surgery compared to diclofenac

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Karow, Jens Hagen ^a,b   Abt, Hans Peter ^a   Fröhling, Markus ^a   Ackermann, Hanns ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; PIRITRAMIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOOT SURGERY; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWELLING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARNICA; DICLOFENAC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38749095553     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0560     Document Type: Article

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