Nettle sting for chronic knee pain: A randomised controlled pilot study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 66-72

  Randall, Colin ^a   Dickens, Andy ^a   White, Adrian ^a   Sanders, Hilary ^b   Fox, Mary ^a   Campbell, John ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee; Nettle sting; Osteoarthritis; Pilot project; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; URTICA GALEOPSIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; URTICA GALEOPSIFOLIA; URTICACEAE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 44349157193     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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