The effect of mud pack treatment in knee osteoarthritis

Turkish Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-76

  Odabaşi, Ersin ^a   Turan, Mustafa ^a   Erdem, Hakan ^a   Pay, Salih ^a   Gülec, Mahir ^a   Karagülle, Müfit Zeki ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Mud treatment; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUD THERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITY OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

EID: 69949131727     PISSN: 13090291     EISSN: 13090283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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