Effects of external qigong therapy on osteoarthritis of the knee

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1497-1505

  Chen, Kevin W ^a,b   Perlman, Adam ^c   Liao, Jason G ^d   Lam, Alex ^a   Staller, Joy ^a   Sigal, Leonard H ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Functionality; Knee osteoarthritis; Pain; Qigong; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXTERNAL QIGONG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING SPEED;

BREATHING EXERCISES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 56349098098     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0955-4     Document Type: Article

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