A comparison of Kneipp hydrotherapy with conventional physiotherapy in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: Protocol of a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Schencking, Martin ^a,b   Otto, Adriane ^b   Deutsch, Tobias ^b   Sandholzer, Hagen ^b  

^a Kneipp Clinic Sebastianeum and Kneippianum Bad Wörishofen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEIPP HYDROTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WATER IMMERSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949121594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-104     Document Type: Article

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