Therapeutic effects of acupuncture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A prospective study using 18F-FDG-PET

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-316

  Sato, Masami ^a,b   Inubushi, Masayuki ^c   Shiga, Tohru ^a   Hirata, Kenji ^a   Okamoto, Shozo ^a   Kamibayashi, Tomohito ^a   Tanimura, Kazuhide ^d   Tamaki, Nagara ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shirakaba Acupuncture Moxibustion and Osteopathy   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Tokeidai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F Fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18F FDG); Acupuncture; Positron emission tomography (PET); Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; MOOD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349225075     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0238-4     Document Type: Article

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