Efficacy and safety of a musically modulated electromagnetic field (TAMMEF) in patients affected by knee osteoarthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 568-572

  Battisti, E ^a   Piazza, E ^a   Rigato, M ^a   Nuti, R ^a   Bianciardi, L ^a   Scribano, A ^a   Giordano, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesic antiinflammatory activity; Electromagnetic fields; Osteoarthritis; TAMMEF; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; ROFECOXIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644271623     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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