Intermittent balneotherapy at the dead sea area for patients with knee osteoarthritis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Sherman, Gilad ^a   Zeller, Lior ^a   Avriel, Avital ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Harari, Marco ^b   Sukenik, Shaul ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DMZ MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Dead sea; Knees; Osteoarthritis; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BALNEOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149127670     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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