Advice to use topical or oral ibuprofen for chronic knee pain in older people: Randomised controlled trial and patient preference study

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7636, 2008, Pages 138-142

  Underwood, Martin ^a   Ashby, Deborah ^a   Cross, Pamela ^a   Hennessy, Enid ^a   Letley, Louise ^b   Martin, Jeannett ^c   Mt Isa, Shahrul ^a   Parsons, Suzanne ^a   Vickers, Madge ^d   Whyte, Ken ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949192143     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39399.656331.25     Document Type: Article

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